elances
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of elance
• Senecal, canelĂ©s, cleanse, enlaces, enscale, scalene
Source: Wiktionary
E*lance", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Elanced; p. pr. & vb. n. Elancing.] Etym: [F. Ă©lancer, OF. eslancier; pref. es- (L. ex) + F. lancer to dart, throw, fr. lance.]
Definition: To throw as a lance; to hurl; to dart. [R.] While thy unerring hand elanced . . . a dart. Prior.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
25 December 2024
(adjective) having or exhibiting a single clearly defined meaning; “As a horror, apartheid...is absolutely unambiguous”- Mario Vargas Llosa
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.
