An article published in Harvard Men’s Health Watch in 2012 shows heavy coffee drinkers live longer. The researchers examined data from 400,000 people and found out that men who drank six or more coffee cups per day had a 10% lower death rate.
BOATSWAINS
Noun
boatswains
plural of boatswain
Source: Wiktionary
BOATSWAIN
Boat"swain, n. Etym: [Boat + swain.]
1. (Naut.)
Definition: An officer who has charge of the boats, sails, rigging, colors, anchors, cables, cordage, etc., of a ship, and who also summons the crew, and performs other duties.
2. (Zoöl.) (a) The jager gull. (b) The tropic bird. Boatswain's mate, an assistant of the boatswain. Totten.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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