FORELAY

Etymology 1

Verb

forelay (third-person singular simple present forelays, present participle forelaying, simple past and past participle forelaid)

To lay down beforehand

To waylay

To plan; contrive in advance

Etymology 2

Verb

forelay

simple past tense of forelie

Source: Wiktionary


Fore*lay", v. t.

1. To lay down beforehand. These grounds being forelaid and understood. Mede.

2. To waylay. See Forlay. [Obs.]

FORELIE

Fore*lie", v. i.

Definition: To lie in front of. [Obs.] Which forelay Athwart her snowy breast. Spenser.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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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.

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