UPBAR

Up*bar", v. t.

1. To fasten with a bar. [R.]

2. To remove the bar or bards of, as a gate; to under. [Obs.] Spenser.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



RESET




Word of the Day

27 January 2025

FISSILE

(adjective) capable of being split or cleft or divided in the direction of the grain; “fissile crystals”; “fissile wood”


coffee icon

Coffee Trivia

The expression “coffee break” was first attested in 1952 in glossy magazine advertisements by the Pan-American Coffee Bureau.

coffee icon