tailraces
plural of tailrace
• lactaries, sectarial
Source: Wiktionary
Tail"race`, n.
1. See Race, n., 6.
2. (Mining)
Definition: The channel in which tailings, suspended in water, are conducted away.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
9 May 2025
(noun) anything in accord with principles of justice; “he feels he is in the right”; “the rightfulness of his claim”
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.
