Coffee has initially been a food – chewed, not sipped. Early African tribes consume coffee by grinding the berries together, adding some animal fat, and rolling the treats into tiny edible energy balls.
STEERAGE
steering, steerage
(noun) the act of steering a ship
steerage
(noun) the cheapest accommodations on a passenger ship
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
steerage (countable and uncountable, plural steerages)
(uncountable) The art of steering.
(countable) The section of a passenger ship that provided inexpensive accommodation with no individual cabins.
(countable) The effect of the helm on a ship.
Anagrams
• eagerest, etageres, rat-geese
Source: Wiktionary
Steer"age, n.
1. The act or practice of steering, or directing; as, the steerage of a ship. He left the city, and, in a most tempestuous season, forsook the helm and steerage of the common wealth. Milton.
2. (Naut.) (a) The effect of the helm on a ship; the manner in which an individual ship is affected by the helm. (b) The hinder part of a vessel; the stern. [R.] Swift. (c) Properly, the space in the after part of a vessel, under the cabin, but used generally to indicate any part of a vessel having the poorest accommodations and occupied by passengers paying the lowest rate of fare.
3. Direction; regulation; management; guidance. He that hath the steerage of my course. Shak.
4. That by which a course is directed. [R.] Here he hung on high, The steerage of his wings. Dryden. Steerage passenger, a passenger who takes passage in the steerage of a vessel.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
Recent Word Finds
Word of the Day
23 February 2025
BARGAIN
(noun) an advantageous purchase; “she got a bargain at the auction”; “the stock was a real buy at that price”
Coffee Trivia
