costean (third-person singular simple present costeans, present participle costeaning, simple past and past participle costeaned)
(mining) To search for lodes by sinking small pits through the superficial deposits to the solid rock, and then driving from one pit to another across the direction of the vein, so as to cross all the veins between the two pits.
• Acteons, Secotan, octanes
Source: Wiktionary
Cos"tean` (ks"tn`), v. i. Etym: [Cornish cothas dropped + stean tin.]
Definition: To search after lodes. See Costeaning.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
15 April 2025
(adjective) marked by or promising bad fortune; “their business venture was doomed from the start”; “an ill-fated business venture”; “an ill-starred romance”; “the unlucky prisoner was again put in irons”- W.H.Prescott
Coffee dates back to the 9th century. Goat herders in Ethiopia noticed their goats seem to be “dancing” after eating berries from a particular shrub. They reported it to the local monastery, and a monk made a drink out of it. The monk found out he felt energized and kept him awake at night. That’s how the first coffee drink was born.
