Coffee is the second largest traded commodity in the world, next to crude oil. It’s also one of the oldest commodities, with over 2.25 billion cups of coffee consumed worldwide daily.
CROSSBARRING
Etymology
Noun
crossbarring (uncountable)
A pattern of lines crossing each other.
Source: Wiktionary
CROSSBAR
Cross"bar` (-br`), n.
Definition: A transverse bar or piece, as a bar across a door, or as the iron bar or stock which passes through the shank of an anchor to insure its turning fluke down. Russell. Crossbar shot, a projectile which folds into a sphere for loading, but on leaving the gun expands to a cross with a quarter ball at the end of each arm; -- used in naval actions for cutting the enemy's rigging.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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