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.
SHAGS
Noun
shags
plural of shag
Source: Wiktionary
SHAG
Shag, n. Etym: [AS. sceacga a bush of hair; akin to Icel. skegg the beard, Sw. skägg, Dan. skj. Cf. Schock of hair.]
1. Coarse hair or nap; rough, woolly hair. True Witney broadcloth, with its shag unshorn. Gay.
2. A kind of cloth having a long, coarse nap.
3. (Com.)
Definition: A kind of prepared tobacco cut fine.
4. (Zoöl.)
Definition: Any species of cormorant.
Shag, a.
Definition: Hairy; shaggy. Shak.
Shag, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Shagged; p. pr. & vb. n. Shagging.]
Definition: To make hairy or shaggy; hence, to make rough. Shag the green zone that bounds the boreal skies. J. Barlow.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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