According to WorldAtlas, Canada is the only non-European country to make its top ten list of coffee consumers. The United States at a distant 25 on the list.
CURTAILING
Verb
curtailing
present participle of curtail
Noun
curtailing (plural curtailings)
A cutting short; truncation.
Anagrams
• granulitic
Source: Wiktionary
CURTAIL
Cur*tail" (kr-tl"), v. t. [imp. & p.p. Curtailed (-tld"); p.pr. & vb.n. Curtailing.] Etym: [See Curtal.]
Definition: To cut off the end or tail, or any part, of; to shorten; to abridge; to diminish; to reduce. I, that am curtailed of this fair proportion. Shak. Our incomes have been curtailed; his salary has been doubled. Macualay.
Cur"tail (kr"tl), n.
Definition: The scroll termination of any architectural member, as of a step, etc.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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