dowry, dowery, dower, portion
(noun) money or property brought by a woman to her husband at marriage
Source: WordNet® 3.1
dowery (plural doweries)
Alternative form of dowry
Source: Wiktionary
Dow"er*y, n.
Definition: See Dower.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
6 May 2025
(adjective) marked by or paying little heed or attention; “We have always known that heedless self-interest was bad morals; we know now that it is bad economics”--Franklin D. Roosevelt; “heedless of danger”; “heedless of the child’s crying”
The first coffee-house in Mecca dates back to the 1510s. The beverage was in Turkey by the 1530s. It appeared in Europe circa 1515-1519 and was introduced to England by 1650. By 1675 the country had more than 3,000 coffee houses, and coffee had replaced beer as a breakfast drink.
