SHIRT

shirt

(noun) a garment worn on the upper half of the body

shirt

(verb) put a shirt on

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology 1

Noun

shirt (plural shirts)

An article of clothing that is worn on the upper part of the body, and often has sleeves, either long or short, that cover the arms.

An interior lining in a blast furnace.

A member of the shirt-wearing team in a shirts and skins game.

Etymology 2

Verb

shirt (third-person singular simple present shirts, present participle shirting, simple past and past participle shirted)

To cover or clothe with a shirt, or as if with a shirt.

Anagrams

• Hirst, Trish, riths

Source: Wiktionary


Shirt, n. Etym: [OE. schirte, sherte, schurte; akin to Icel. skyrta, Dan. skiorte, Sw. skjorta, Dan. skiört a petticoat, D. schort a petticoat, an argon, G. schurz, schürze, an argon; all probably from the root of E. short, as being originally a short garment. See Short, and cf. Skirt.]

Definition: A loose under-garment for the upper part of the body, made of cotton, linen, or other material; -- formerly used of the under- garment of either sex, now commonly restricted to that worn by men and boys. Several persons in December had nothing over their shoulders but their shirts. Addison. She had her shirts and girdles of hair. Bp. Fisher.

Shirt, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. Shirted; p. pr. & vb. n. Shirting.]

Definition: To cover or clothe with a shirt, or as with a shirt. Dryden.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Coffee dates back to the 9th century. Goat herders in Ethiopia noticed their goats seem to be “dancing” after eating berries from a particular shrub. They reported it to the local monastery, and a monk made a drink out of it. The monk found out he felt energized and kept him awake at night. That’s how the first coffee drink was born.

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