girdlestead (plural girdlesteads)
(obsolete) That part of the body where the girdle is worn.
(obsolete) The lap.
Source: Wiktionary
Gir"dle*stead, n. Etym: [Girdle + stead place.]
1. That part of the body where the girdle is worn. [Obs.] Sheathed, beneath his girdlestead. Chapman.
2. The lap. [R.] There fell a flower into her girdlestead. Swinburne.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
7 November 2024
(verb) remove by or as if by rubbing or erasing; “Please erase the formula on the blackboard--it is wrong!”
The Boston Tea Party helped popularize coffee in America. The hefty tea tax imposed on the colonies in 1773 resulted in America switching from tea to coffee. In the lead up to the Revolutionary War, it became patriotic to sip java instead of tea. The Civil War made the drink more pervasive. Coffee helped energize tired troops, and drinking it became an expression of freedom.
