vestiture
(noun) an archaic term for clothing
Source: WordNet® 3.1
vestiture (countable and uncountable, plural vestitures)
(biology) The hairs of plants, invertebrates and other non-mammalian organisms, taken as a whole.
(rare) Investiture (of a person with a specific role, powers etc.).
(literary or archaic) Clothes, clothing.
• servitute
Source: Wiktionary
Ves"ti*ture, n. Etym: [See Vesture.]
Definition: In vestiture. [R.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
25 November 2024
(noun) infestation with slender threadlike roundworms (filaria) deposited under the skin by the bite of black fleas; when the eyes are involved it can result in blindness; common in Africa and tropical America
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.
