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.
SHIPMENTS
Noun
shipments
plural of shipment
Source: Wiktionary
SHIPMENT
Ship"ment, n.
1. The act or process of shipping; as, he was engaged in the shipment of coal for London; an active shipment of wheat from the West.
2. That which is shipped. The question is, whether the share of M. in the shipment is exempted from condemnation by reason of his neutral domicle. Story.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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