lapidate
(verb) throw stones at; “Pilgrims lapidate a stone pillar in commemoration of Abraham’s temptation”
stone, lapidate
(verb) kill by throwing stones at; “People wanted to stone the woman who had a child out of wedlock”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
lapidate (third-person singular simple present lapidates, present participle lapidating, simple past and past participle lapidated)
(transitive, legal) To throw stones or other objects at, as punishment, sometimes until death.
(transitive, figurative) To hurl insults at.
• (throw stones until death): stone
Source: Wiktionary
Lap"i*date, v. t. Etym: [L.lapidatus, p. p. of lapidare, fr. lapis stone.]
Definition: To stone. [Obs.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
9 January 2025
(noun) (obstetrics) position of the fetus in the uterus relative to the birth canal; “Cesarean sections are sometimes the result of abnormal presentations”
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.
