BOUTEFEU

Boute"feu, n. Etym: [F.; bouter to thrust, put + feu fire.]

Definition: An incendiary; an inciter of quarrels. [Obs.] Animated by . . . John Ă  Chamber, a very boutefeu, . . . they entered into open rebellion. Bacon.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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27 April 2024

GREAT

(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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Coffee Trivia

The average annual yield from one coffee tree is the equivalent of 1 to 1 1/2 pounds of roasted coffee. It takes about 4,000 hand-picked green coffee beans to make a pound of coffee.

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