paving, pavage
(noun) the act of applying paving materials to an area
pavage
(noun) a tax toward paving streets
Source: WordNet® 3.1
pavage (plural pavages)
Alternative form of paviage
Source: Wiktionary
Pav"age, n. Etym: [Cf. F. pavage.]
Definition: See Pavage. [R.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
15 April 2025
(adjective) marked by or promising bad fortune; “their business venture was doomed from the start”; “an ill-fated business venture”; “an ill-starred romance”; “the unlucky prisoner was again put in irons”- W.H.Prescott
The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.
