OCTOGILD

Oc"to*gild, n. Etym: [Octo- + AS. gild payment.] (Anglo-Saxon Law)

Definition: A pecuniary compensation for an injury, of eight times the value of the thing.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Word of the Day

9 January 2025

PRESENTATION

(noun) (obstetrics) position of the fetus in the uterus relative to the birth canal; “Cesarean sections are sometimes the result of abnormal presentations”


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Coffee Trivia

Hawaii and California are the only two U.S. states that grow coffee plants commercially.

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