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.
CHUCKING
Verb
chucking
present participle of chuck
Noun
chucking (plural chuckings)
(engineering) The holding of an object in a chuck.
Source: Wiktionary
CHUCK
Chuck, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Chucked; p. pr. & vb. n. Chucking.] Etym: [Imitative of the sound.]
1. To make a noise resembling that of a hen when she calls her chickens; to cluck.
2. To chuckle; to laugh. [R.] Marston.
Chuck, v. t.
Definition: To call, as a hen her chickens. Dryden.
Chuck, n.
1. The chuck or call of a hen.
2. A sudden, small noise.
3. A word of endearment; -- corrupted from chick. "Pray, chuck, come hither." Shak.
Chuck, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Chucked; p. pr. & vb. n. Chucking.] Etym: [F. choquer to strike. Cf. Shock, v. t.]
1. To strike gently; to give a gentle blow to. Chucked the barmaid under the chin. W. Irving.
2. To toss or throw smartly out of the hand; to pitch. [Colloq.] "Mahomet Ali will just be chucked into the Nile." Lord Palmerson.
3. (Mech.)
Definition: To place in a chuck, or hold by means of a chuck, as in turning; to bore or turn (a hole) in a revolving piece held in a chuck.
Chuck, n.
1. A slight blow or pat under the chin.
2. A short throw; a toss.
3. (Mach.)
Definition: A contrivance or machine fixed to the mandrel of a lathe, for holding a tool or the material to be operated upon.
Chuck farthing, a play in which a farthing is pitched into a hole; pitch farthing.
– Chuck hole, a deep hole in a wagon rut.
– Elliptic chuck, a chuck having a silder and an eccentric circle, which, as the work turns round, give it a sliding motion across the center which generates an ellipse. Knight.
Chuck, n.
1. A small pebble; -- called also chuckstone and chuckiestone. [Scot.]
2. pl.
Definition: A game played with chucks, in which one or more are tossed up and caught; jackstones. [Scot.]
Chuck, n.
Definition: A piece of the backbone of an animal, from between the neck and the collar bone, with the adjoining parts, cut for cooking; as, a chuck steak; a chuck roast. [Colloq.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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