According to Guinness World Records, the largest collection of coffee pots belongs to Robert Dahl (Germany) and consists of 27,390 coffee pots as of 2 November 2012, in Rövershagen, Germany.
EXCUSS
Ex*cuss", v. t. Etym: [L. excussus. p. p. of excutere to shake off; ex out, from + quatere to shake. Cf. Quash.]
1. To shake off; to discard. [R.] To excuss the notation of a Geity out of their minds. Bp. Stillingfleet.
2. To inspect; to investigate; to decipher. [R.] To take some pains in excusing some old monuments. F. Junius (1654).
3. To seize and detain by law, as goods. [Obs.] Ayliffe.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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