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.
EMBRAID
Etymology
Verb
embraid (third-person singular simple present embraids, present participle embraiding, simple past and past participle embraided)
(obsolete, transitive) To braid up, as hair.
(obsolete, transitive) To upbraid.
Anagrams
• biarmed, demibra
Source: Wiktionary
Em*braid", v. t. Etym: [Pref. em- (L. in) + 1st braid.]
1. To braid up, as hair. [Obs.] Spenser.
2. To upbraid. [Obs.] Sir T. Elyot.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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