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.
SLABS
Noun
slabs
plural of slab
Source: Wiktionary
SLAB
Slab, n. Etym: [OE. slabbe, of uncertain origin; perhaps originally meaning, a smooth piece, and akin to slape, Icel. sleipr slippery, and E. slip, v. i.]
1. A thin piece of anything, especially of marble or other stone, having plane surfaces. Gwilt.
2. An outside piece taken from a log or timber in sawing it into boards, planks, etc.
3. (Zoöl.)
Definition: The wryneck. [Prov. Eng.]
4. (Naut.)
Definition: The slack part of a sail. Slab line (Naut.), a line or small rope by which seamen haul up the foot of the mainsail or foresail. Totten.
Slab, a. Etym: [Cf. Gael. & Ir. slaib mud, mire left on a river strand, and E. slop puddle.]
Definition: Thick; viscous. [Obs.] Make the gruel thick and slab. Shak.
Slab, n.
Definition: That which is slimy or viscous; moist earth; mud; also, a puddle. [Obs.] Evelyn.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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