FLAUNCHING

Verb

flaunching

present participle of flaunch

Noun

flaunching (countable and uncountable, plural flaunchings)

The sloped mortar fillet around the base of a chimney pot, which serves to hold the pot in position and allow rainwater to run off.

A mortar fillet at the junction of the chimney stack and the roof; superseded in modern times by lead flashing.

Source: Wiktionary



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Word of the Day

28 March 2024

HUDDLED

(adjective) crowded or massed together; “give me...your huddled masses”; “the huddled sheep turned their backs against the wind”


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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.

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