VARITYPE

Etymology

Noun

varitype (plural varitypes)

(printing, historical) A kind of advanced typewriter that could use various different typefaces.

Verb

varitype (third-person singular simple present varitypes, present participle varityping, simple past and past participle varityped)

(printing, historical) To prepare printed material using a machine of this kind.

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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