inspan
(verb) attach a yoke or harness to; “inspan the draft animals”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
inspan (third-person singular simple present inspans, present participle inspanning, simple past and past participle inspanned)
(transitive) To yoke (oxen).
To bring or force into service.
• outspan
• napsin, pinnas, snap in, snap-in, snapin, spanin
Source: Wiktionary
In*span", v. t. & i. Etym: [D. inspannen.]
Definition: To yoke or harness, as oxen to a vehicle. [South Africa]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
29 April 2024
(noun) a geological process in which one edge of a crustal plate is forced sideways and downward into the mantle below another plate
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.
