TIDEMARK

tidemark

(noun) indicator consisting of a line at the highwater or low-water limits of the tides

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

tidemark (plural tidemarks)

a line (of seaweed or differently coloured sand etc) on the shore showing the level of high or low tide

(by extension) any mark showing the limit of some past activity

(humorous) a line of scum left on a bath tub when the water is drained away

Source: Wiktionary



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The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.

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