The expression “coffee break” was first attested in 1952 in glossy magazine advertisements by the Pan-American Coffee Bureau.
TELLURIZE
Etymology
Verb
tellurize (third-person singular simple present tellurizes, present participle tellurizing, simple past and past participle tellurized)
(chemistry, transitive) To impregnate with, or to subject to the action of, tellurium.
Source: Wiktionary
Tel"lu*rize, v. t. (Chem.)
Definition: To impregnate with, or to subject to the action of, tellurium;
– chiefly used adjectively in the past participle; as, tellurized ores.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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