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.
EMBAY
Etymology 1
Verb
embay (third-person singular simple present embays, present participle embaying, simple past and past participle embayed)
(transitive, obsolete) To bathe; to steep.
Etymology 2
Verb
embay (third-person singular simple present embays, present participle embaying, simple past and past participle embayed)
(transitive) To shut in, enclose, shelter or trap, such as ships in a bay.
Anagrams
• Mabey, abyme, beamy, maybe
Source: Wiktionary
Em*bay", v. t. Etym: [Pref. em- + bay to bathe.]
Definition: To bathe; to soothe or lull as by bathing. [Obs.] Spenser.
Em*bay", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Embayed; p. pr. & vb. n. Embaying.] Etym: [Pref. em- + 1st bay.]
Definition: To shut in, or shelter, as in a bay. If that the Turkish fleet Be not ensheltered and embayed, they are drowned. Shak.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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