cerecloth
(noun) a waterproof waxed cloth once used as a shroud
Source: WordNet® 3.1
cerecloth (countable and uncountable, plural cerecloths)
(historical) Cloth coated with wax so that it is waterproof, used for covering the dead.
Source: Wiktionary
Cere"cloth`, n. Etym: [L. cera wax + E. cloth.]
Definition: A cloth smeared with melted wax, or with some gummy or glutinous matter. Linen, besmeared with gums, in manner of cerecloth. Bacon.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
29 November 2024
(adjective) furnished with inhabitants; āthe area is well populatedā; āforests populated with all kinds of wild lifeā
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.
