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.
ENAMELING
Verb
enameling
(US) present participle of enamel
Noun
enameling (plural enamelings)
The art of applying enamel
Anagrams
• Mengelian, malengine, meningeal
Source: Wiktionary
ENAMEL
En*am"el, n. Etym: [Pref. en- + amel. See Amel, Smelt, v. t.]
1. A variety of glass, used in ornament, to cover a surface, as of metal or pottery, and admitting of after decoration in color, or used itself for inlaying or application in varied colors.
2. (Min.)
Definition: A glassy, opaque bead obtained by the blowpipe.
3. That which is enameled; also, any smooth, glossy surface, resembling enamel, especially if variegated.
4. (Anat.)
Definition: The intensely hard calcified tissue entering into the composition of teeth. It merely covers the exposed parts of the teeth of man, but in many animals is intermixed in various ways with the dentine and cement. Enamel painting, painting with enamel colors upon a ground of metal, porcelain, or the like, the colors being afterwards fixed by fire.
– Enamel paper, paper glazed a metallic coating.
En*am"el, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Enameled or Enamelled; p. pr. & vb. n. Enameling or Enamelling.]
1. To lay enamel upon; to decorate with enamel whether inlaid or painted.
2. To variegate with colors as if with enamel. Oft he [the serpent]bowed His turret crest and sleek enameled neck. Milton.
3. To form a glossy surface like enamel upon; as, to enamel card paper; to enamel leather or cloth.
4. To disguise with cosmetics, as a woman's complexion.
En*am"el, v. i.
Definition: To practice the art of enameling.
En*am"el, a.
Definition: Relating to the art of enameling; as, enamel painting. Tomlinson.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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