dout
Obsolete spelling of doubt.
dout (third-person singular simple present douts, present participle douting, simple past and past participle douted)
(transitive, dialectal or obsolete) To put out; quench; extinguish; douse.
Source: Wiktionary
Dout, v. t. Etym: [Do + out. Cf. Doff.]
Definition: To put out. [Obs.] "It douts the light." Sylvester.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
18 June 2024
(noun) an extended (often showy) succession of persons or things; “a parade of strollers on the mall”; “a parade of witnesses”
The Boston Tea Party helped popularize coffee in America. The hefty tea tax imposed on the colonies in 1773 resulted in America switching from tea to coffee. In the lead up to the Revolutionary War, it became patriotic to sip java instead of tea. The Civil War made the drink more pervasive. Coffee helped energize tired troops, and drinking it became an expression of freedom.
