SHOALWISE

Etymology

Adverb

shoalwise (not comparable)

In or as a shoal.

Tell me, good sir, if you know it;
Tell me truly, what's the reason
Why the people to Kingussie
Shoalwise flock in summer season?

Source: Wiktionary



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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.

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