vares
plural of vare
• AVREs, Raves, avers, raves, sarve, saver, veras
Source: Wiktionary
Vare, n. Etym: [Sp. vara staff, wand, L. vara forked pole.]
Definition: A wand or staff of authority or justice. [Obs.] His hand a vare of justice did uphold. Dryden.
Vare, n. (Zoöl.)
Definition: A weasel. [Prov. Eng.] Vare widgeon (Zoöl.), a female or young male of the smew; a weasel duck; -- so called from the resemblance of the head to that of a vare, or weasel. [Prov. Eng.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
22 February 2025
(noun) the use of closed-class words instead of inflections: e.g., ‘the father of the bride’ instead of ‘the bride’s father’
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.
