Silex

See also: silex

English

Etymology

Brand name.

Noun

Silex (plural Silexes)

  1. (dated) A vacuum coffee maker.
    • 1965, Stewardsman, United States. Bureau of Naval Personnel, page 31:
      The Navy uses several types of coffee makers – urns, silexes, and percolators. Each type requires special care in making good coffee.
    • 1968, The History of the Chaplain Corps, United States Navy, United States. Bureau of Naval Personnel, page 143:
      Remembering my daily habits, Papa-san brewed the coffee and before I had completed a local phone call, he was serving it piping hot from the Silex, still grinning as he thought of other days of coffee-making.

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