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.
BOCKING
Etymology
Named after the town of Bocking, England, where it was first made.
Noun
bocking (countable and uncountable, plural bockings)
A coarse woollen fabric, used for floor cloths, to cover carpets, etc.
Source: Wiktionary
Bock"ing, n.
Definition: A coarse woolen fabric, used for floor cloths, to cover carpets, etc.; -- so called from the town of Bocking, in England, where it was first made.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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UNSEASONED
(adjective) not tried or tested by experience; “unseasoned artillery volunteers”; “still untested in battle”; “an illustrator untried in mural painting”; “a young hand at plowing”
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