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Brewer's: Grinders

The double teeth which grind the food put into the mouth. The Preacher speaks of old age as the time when “the grinders cease because they are few” (Ecc. xii. 3). (See Almond Tree.)…

coffee

(Encyclopedia) coffee, a tree, its seeds, and the beverage made from them. The coffee tree, a small evergreen of the genus Coffea, has smooth, ovate leaves and clusters of fragrant white flowers that…

Brewer's: Coffee

The Turkish word is Kauhi, Kauveh or Kauvey. Coffee. In Ardennes ten cups of coffee are taken after dinner, and each cup has its special name. (1) Café (2) Gloria, (3) Pousse Café (4)…

Rosenfeld, Morris

(Encyclopedia) Rosenfeld, MorrisRosenfeld, Morrisrōˈzənfĕlt [key], 1862–1923, Jewish poet, b. Russian Poland. His name was originally Moshe Jacob Alter. He worked as a tailor in London and as a…

Brewer's: Grecian Coffee-house

in Devereux Court, the oldest in London, was originally opened by Pasqua, a Greek slave, brought to England in 1652 by Daniel Edwards, a Turkey merchant. This Greek was the first to teach…

coffee tree, Kentucky

(Encyclopedia) coffee tree, Kentucky, common name for the plant species Gymnocladus dioica, a tree of the family Leguminosae (pulse family) and native to the E United States. The seeds of the woody…

Ribeirão Prêto

(Encyclopedia) Ribeirão PrêtoRibeirão PrêtorēbārouNˈ prāˈtō [key], city (1996 pop. 452,804), São Paulo state, SE Brazil. The former “coffee capital” of Brazil, the city grew during the late 19th cent…

capuchin

(Encyclopedia) capuchincapuchinkăpˈy&oomacr;chĭn [key], name for New World monkeys of the genus Cebus, widely distributed in tropical forests of Central and South America. Medium-sized monkeys,…

Coffee County, TN Census Data

Tennessee Coffee County, Tennessee People QuickFactsCoffee CountyTennesseePopulation, 2005 estimate 50,8695,962,959Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2005 5.9%4.8%Population…

Coffee County, AL Social Statistics

Coffee county alabama dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics SubjectNumberPercent SCHOOL ENROLLMENTPopulation 3 years and over enrolled in school11,041100.0Nursery school,…