telpher, telfer
(noun) one of the conveyances (or cars) in a telpherage
Source: WordNet® 3.1
telpher (plural telphers)
An electric-run cable car used for transportation, along overhead wires.
A system of transportation using telphers.
telpher (third-person singular simple present telphers, present participle telphering, simple past and past participle telphered)
To transport with a telpher.
Source: Wiktionary
Tel"pher, n. Etym: [Gr. (Elec.)
Definition: A contrivance for the conveyance of vehicles or loads by means of electricity. Fleeming Jenkin. Telpher line, or Telpher road, an electric line or road over which vehicles for carrying loads are moved by electric engines actuated by a current conveyed by the line.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
5 June 2025
(verb) raise or support (the level of printing) by inserting a piece of paper or cardboard under the type; “underlay the plate”
The world’s most expensive coffee costs more than US$700 per kilogram. Asian palm civet – a cat-like creature in Indonesia, eats fruits, including select coffee cherries. It excretes partially digested seeds that produce a smooth, less acidic brew of coffee called kopi luwak.
