dwining
present participle of dwine
• winding
Source: Wiktionary
Dwine, v. i. Etym: [See Dwindle.]
Definition: To waste away; to pine; to languish. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] Gower.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
17 January 2025
(verb) conform one’s action or practice to; “keep appointments”; “she never keeps her promises”; “We kept to the original conditions of the contract”
The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.
