fret, stew, sweat, lather, swither
(noun) agitation resulting from active worry; “don’t get in a stew”; “he’s in a sweat about exams”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
First attested in 1501; of unknown origin.
swither (third-person singular simple present swithers, present participle swithering, simple past and past participle swithered)
(Scotland, Northern England) To be indecisive or in a state of confusion; to dither.
swither (plural swithers)
(Scotland, Northern England) A state of indecision or confusion.
• Withers, whister, wishter, withers, writhes
Source: Wiktionary
5 June 2025
(verb) raise or support (the level of printing) by inserting a piece of paper or cardboard under the type; “underlay the plate”
According to Guinness World Records, on 25 September 2016, the Birla Institute of Management Technology (India) in Uttar Pradesh, India, constructed the largest coffee cups pyramid consisting of 23,821 cups. They used paper takeaway coffee cups to build the pyramid.
