shoehorns
plural of shoehorn
shoehorns
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of shoehorn
Source: Wiktionary
Shoe"horn`, Shoe"ing-horn`, n.
1. A curved piece of polished horn, wood, or metal used to facilitate the entrance of the foot into a shoe.
2. Figuratively: (a) Anything by which a transaction is facilitated; a medium; -- by way of contempt. Spectator. (b) Anything which draws on or allures; an inducement. [Low] Beau & Fl.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
9 January 2025
(noun) (obstetrics) position of the fetus in the uterus relative to the birth canal; “Cesarean sections are sometimes the result of abnormal presentations”
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.
