FEU

Noun

feu (plural feus)

(Scotland, legal) Land held in feudal tenure.

Verb

feu (third-person singular simple present feus, present participle feuing, simple past and past participle feued)

(Scotland, legal, transitive) To bring (land) under the system of feudal tenure.

Source: Wiktionary


Feu, n. Etym: [See 2d Feud, and Fee.] (Scots Law)

Definition: A free and gratuitous right to lands made to one for service to be performed by him; a tenure where the vassal, in place of military services, makes a return in grain or in money. Burrill.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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31 March 2025

IMPROVISED

(adjective) done or made using whatever is available; “crossed the river on improvised bridges”; “the survivors used jury-rigged fishing gear”; “the rock served as a makeshift hammer”


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According to Guinness World Records, the most massive cup of coffee contained 22,739.14 liters and was created by Alcaldía Municipal de Chinchiná (Colombia) at Parque de Bolívar, Chinchiná, Caldas, Colombia, on 15 June 2019. Fifty people worked for more than a month to build this giant cup. The drink prepared was Arabic coffee.

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