underfong (third-person singular simple present underfongs, present participle underfonging, simple past and past participle underfonged)
Alternative form of underfang
Source: Wiktionary
Un`der*fong", v. t. Etym: [AS. underfongen, p. p. of underf to undertake; under under + f to take. See Fang to seize.]
1. To undertake; to take in hand; to receive. [Obs.] Piers Plowman. Rom. of R.
2. To insnare; to circumvent. [Obs.] Spenser.
3. To sustain; to support; to guard. Nash.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
8 November 2024
(noun) the act of furnishing an equivalent person or thing in the place of another; “replacing the star will not be easy”
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.
