Santon
A hamlet in North Lincolnshire district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref SE9312).
A depopulated village near Santon Downham in Breckland, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TL8287).
A parish on the Isle of Man (OS grid ref SC3273).
• annots., nantos, non-TAS, sonant, stanno-
santon (plural santons)
A Muslim holy man.
In France (originally Provence), a small, hand-painted, terracotta figurine of a nativity character.
• annots., nantos, non-TAS, sonant, stanno-
Source: Wiktionary
San"ton, n. Etym: [Sp. santon, augment fr. santo holy, L. sanctus.]
Definition: A Turkish saint; a kind of dervish, regarded by the people as a saint: also, a hermit.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
24 December 2024
(adverb) in an intuitive manner; “inventors seem to have chosen intuitively a combination of explosive and aggressive sounds as warning signals to be used on automobiles”
The first coffee-house in Mecca dates back to the 1510s. The beverage was in Turkey by the 1530s. It appeared in Europe circa 1515-1519 and was introduced to England by 1650. By 1675 the country had more than 3,000 coffee houses, and coffee had replaced beer as a breakfast drink.
