outspan
(verb) remove the yoke or harness from; “outspan the draft animals”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
outspan (third-person singular simple present outspans, present participle outspanning, simple past and past participle outspanned)
(South Africa) To release oxen from harness.
outspan (plural outspans)
(South Africa) The place where one outspans.
An area on a farm kept available for travellers to rest and refresh their animals
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Source: Wiktionary
Out*span", v. t. & i. Etym: [D. uitspannen.]
Definition: To unyoke or disengage, as oxen from a wagon. [S. Africa]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
4 April 2025
(verb) kill by cutting the head off with a guillotine; “The French guillotined many Vietnamese while they occupied the country”
The Boston Tea Party helped popularize coffee in America. The hefty tea tax imposed on the colonies in 1773 resulted in America switching from tea to coffee. In the lead up to the Revolutionary War, it became patriotic to sip java instead of tea. The Civil War made the drink more pervasive. Coffee helped energize tired troops, and drinking it became an expression of freedom.
