The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.
SENTINELS
Noun
sentinels
plural of sentinel
Source: Wiktionary
SENTINEL
Sen"ti*nel, n. Etym: [F. sentinelle (cf. It. sentinella); probably originally, a litle path, the sentinel's beat,, and a dim. of a word meaning, path; cf. F. sente path. L. semita; and OF. sentine, sentele, senteret, diminutive words. Cf. Sentry.]
1. One who watches or guards; specifically (Mil.), a soldier set to guard an army, camp, or other place, from surprise, to observe the approach of danger, and give notice of it; a sentry. The sentinels who paced the ramparts. Macaulay.
2. Watch; guard. [Obs.] "That princes do keep due sentinel." Bacon.
3. (Zoöl.)
Definition: A marine crab (Podophthalmus vigil) native of the Indian Ocean, remarkable for the great length of its eyestalks; -- called also sentinel crab.
Sen"ti*nel, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Sentineled or Sentinelled; p. pr. & vb. n. Sentineling or Sentinelling.]
1. To watch over like a sentinel. "To sentinel enchanted land." [R.] Sir W. Scott.
2. To furnish with a sentinel; to place under the guard of a sentinel or sentinels.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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