hostry (plural hostries)
(obsolete) A hostelry. [14th-18th c.]
(obsolete) A stable for horses.
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Source: Wiktionary
Host"ry, n. Etym: [OE. hosterie, osterie, OF. hosterie. See Host a landlord.]
1. A hostelry; an inn or lodging house. [Obs.] Marlowe.
2. A stable for horses. [Obs.] Johnson.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
12 April 2025
(adjective) (used of eyes) lacking liveliness; “empty eyes”; “a glassy stare”; “his eyes were glazed over with boredom”
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.
