poind (plural poinds)
(obsolete, Scotland) A seizure of property etc in lieu of a debt; the animal or property so seized
poind (third-person singular simple present poinds, present participle poinding, simple past and past participle poinded)
(obsolete, Scotland) To seize property in this manner
Source: Wiktionary
Poind, v. t. Etym: [See Pound to confine.]
1. To impound, as cattle. [Obs. or Scot.] Flavel.
2. To distrain. [Scot.] Sir W. Scott.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
17 June 2025
(adjective) having deserted a cause or principle; “some provinces had proved recreant”; “renegade supporters of the usurper”
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.
