LOUTING

Verb

louting

present participle of lout

Anagrams

• tung oil, uniglot

Source: Wiktionary


LOUT

Lout, v. i. Etym: [OE. louten, luten, AS. l; akin to Icel. l, Dan. lude, OHG. l to lie hid.]

Definition: To bend; to box; to stoop. [Archaic] Chaucer. Longfellow. He fair the knight saluted, louting low. Spenser.

Lout, n. Etym: [Formerly also written lowt.]

Definition: A clownish, awkward fellow; a bumpkin. Sir P. Sidney.

Lout, v. t.

Definition: To treat as a lout or fool; to neglect; to disappoint. [Obs.] Shak.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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BRIGHT

(adjective) made smooth and bright by or as if by rubbing; reflecting a sheen or glow; “bright silver candlesticks”; “a burnished brass knocker”; “she brushed her hair until it fell in lustrous auburn waves”; “rows of shining glasses”; “shiny black patents”


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The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.

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