Brazil is the largest coffee producer in the world. Each year Brazil exports more than 44 million bags of coffee. Vietnam follows at exporting over 27 million bags each year.
BARDING
Verb
barding
present participle of bard
Noun
barding (plural bardings)
(historical) Armour for a warhorse.
Anagrams
• Brading, brigand
Source: Wiktionary
BARD
Bard, n. Etym: [Of Celtic origin; cf. W. bardd, Arm. barz, Ir. & Gael. bard, and F. barde.]
1. A professional poet and singer, as among the ancient Celts, whose occupation was to compose and sing verses in honor of the heroic achievements of princes and brave men.
2. Hence: A poet; as, the bard of Avon.
Bard, Barde, n. Etym: [F. barde, of doubtful origin.]
1. A piece of defensive (or, sometimes, ornamental) armor for a horse's neck, breast, and flanks; a barb. [Often in the pl.]
2. pl.
Definition: Defensive armor formerly worn by a man at arms.
3. (Cookery)
Definition: A thin slice of fat bacon used to cover any meat or game.
Bard, v. t. (Cookery)
Definition: To cover (meat or game) with a thin slice of fat bacon.
Bard, n. Etym: [Akin to Dan. & Sw. bark, Icel. börkr, LG. & HG. borke.]
1. The exterior covering of the trunk and branches of a tree; the rind.
2. Specifically, Peruvian bark. Bark bed. See Bark stove (below).
– Bark pit, a pit filled with bark and water, in which hides are steeped in tanning.
– Bark stove (Hort.), a glazed structure for keeping tropical plants, having a bed of tanner's bark (called a bark bed) or other fermentable matter which produces a moist heat.
BARDE
Bard, Barde, n. Etym: [F. barde, of doubtful origin.]
1. A piece of defensive (or, sometimes, ornamental) armor for a horse's neck, breast, and flanks; a barb. [Often in the pl.]
2. pl.
Definition: Defensive armor formerly worn by a man at arms.
3. (Cookery)
Definition: A thin slice of fat bacon used to cover any meat or game.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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(adjective) remarkable or out of the ordinary in degree or magnitude or effect; “a great crisis”; “had a great stake in the outcome”
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