fief, feoff
(noun) a piece of land held under the feudal system
Source: WordNet® 3.1
feoff (plural feoffs)
(legal) A fief.
feoff (third-person singular simple present feoffs, present participle feoffing, simple past and past participle feoffed)
(legal) To invest with a fee or feud; to give or grant a corporeal hereditament to; to enfeoff.
Source: Wiktionary
Feoff
Definition: , v. t. [imp. & p. p. Feoffed; p. pr. & vb. n.. Feoffing.] Etym: [OE. feffen, OF. feffer, fieffer, F. fieffer, fr. fief fief; cf. LL. feoffare, fefare. See Fief.] (Law)
Definition: To invest with a fee or feud; to give or grant a corporeal hereditament to; to enfeoff.
Feoff, n. (Law)
Definition: A fief. See Fief.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
29 May 2025
(adjective) characterized by careful evaluation and judgment; “a critical reading”; “a critical dissertation”; “a critical analysis of Melville’s writings”
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.
