dowlas (countable and uncountable, plural dowlases)
(historical) A coarse linen cloth made in the north of England and in Scotland, later replaced by calico.
• Oswald, old saw, waldos, woalds
Source: Wiktionary
Dow"las, n. Etym: [Prob. fr. Doullens, a town of Picardy, in France, formerly celebrated for this manufacture.]
Definition: A coarse linen cloth made in the north of England and in Scotland, now nearly replaced by calico. Shak.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
18 April 2024
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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.
