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.
WADDLED
Verb
waddled
simple past tense and past participle of waddle
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WADDLE
Wad"dle, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Waddled; p. pr. & vb. n. Waddling.] Etym: [Freq. of wade; cf. AS. wædlian to beg, from wadan to go. See Wade.]
Definition: To walk with short steps, swaying the body from one side to the other, like a duck or very fat person; to move clumsily and totteringly along; to toddle; to stumble; as, a child waddles when he begins to walk; a goose waddles. Shak. She drawls her words, and waddles in her pace. Young.
Wad"dle, v. t.
Definition: To trample or tread down, as high grass, by walking through it. [R.] Drayton.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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(verb) draw out a discussion or process in order to gain time; “The speaker temporized in order to delay the vote”
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