wens
plural of wen
• news, sewn, snew
Source: Wiktionary
Wen, n. Etym: [AS. wenn; akin to D. wen, LG. wenne.] (Med.)
Definition: An indolent, encysted tumor of the skin; especially, a sebaceous cyst.
Wyn, Wynn, n. Also Wen. [AS. wen.]
Definition: One of the runes adopted into the Anglo-Saxon, or Old English, alphabet. It had the value of modern English w, and was replaced from about a. d. 1280 at first by uu, later by w.
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Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
23 December 2024
(noun) Australian tree having hard white timber and glossy green leaves with white flowers followed by one-seeded glossy blue fruit
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.
