SIDEWHEEL

Etymology

Noun

sidewheel (plural sidewheels)

(nautical) One of a pair of paddle wheels positioned one each side of a vessel

Source: Wiktionary


Side"-wheel`, a.

Definition: Having a paddle wheel on each side; -- said of steam vessels; as, a side-wheel steamer.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Word of the Day

25 December 2024

UNAMBIGUOUS

(adjective) having or exhibiting a single clearly defined meaning; “As a horror, apartheid...is absolutely unambiguous”- Mario Vargas Llosa


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Coffee Trivia

According to Guinness World Records, the most massive cup of coffee contained 22,739.14 liters and was created by Alcaldía Municipal de Chinchiná (Colombia) at Parque de Bolívar, Chinchiná, Caldas, Colombia, on 15 June 2019. Fifty people worked for more than a month to build this giant cup. The drink prepared was Arabic coffee.

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