stereotomy (uncountable)
(geometry, masonry) The cutting or dissection of solids.
• osteometry
Source: Wiktionary
Ste`re*ot"o*my, n. Etym: [Stereo- + Gr. stéréotomie.]
Definition: The science or art of cutting solids into certain figures or sections, as arches, and the like; especially, the art of stonecutting.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
17 September 2024
(noun) a small contrasting part of something; “a bald spot”; “a leopard’s spots”; “a patch of clouds”; “patches of thin ice”; “a fleck of red”
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.
