soken (countable and uncountable, plural sokens)
(historical) The ancient right (usually conferred by royalty) to hold a local court of justice and levy specific fees and fines.
The 'resort' (right) of specific farmers to have their grain ground at a specific mill or, inversely, the right of a mill to that custom.
A right of prosecution and judgement.
(historical) The area over which this right was established.
Synonym: soke
(obsolete) A place that is regularly frequented.
• Kones, Nosek, Senko, Snoke, snoek
Source: Wiktionary
Sok"en, n. Etym: [Cf. Socome.]
1. A toll. See Soc, n., 2. [Obs.] Great sooken had this miller, out of doubt. Chaucer.
2. A district held by socage.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
13 June 2025
(noun) an aircraft that has a fixed wing and is powered by propellers or jets; “the flight was delayed due to trouble with the airplane”
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.
