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.
FASTENING
fastening, attachment
(noun) the act of fastening things together
fastener, fastening, holdfast, fixing
(noun) restraint that attaches to something or holds something in place
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
fastening
present participle of fasten
Noun
fastening (plural fastenings)
a hook or similar restraint used to fasten things together
Source: Wiktionary
Fas"ten*ing, n.
Definition: Anything that binds and makes fast, as a lock, catch, bolt, bar, buckle, etc.
FASTEN
Fas"ten, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Fastened; p. pr. & vb. n. Fastening.] Etym: [AS. fæstnian; akin to OHG. festinon. See Fast, a.]
1. To fix firmly; to make fast; to secure, as by a knot, lock, bolt, etc.; as, to fasten a chain to the feet; to fasten a door or window.
2. To cause to hold together or to something else; to attach or unite firmly; to cause to cleave to something , or to cleave together, by any means; as, to fasten boards together with nails or cords; to fasten anything in our thoughts. The words Whig and Tory have been pressed to the service of many successions of parties, with very different ideas fastened to them. Swift.
3. To cause to take close effect; to make to tell; to lay on; as, to fasten a blow. [Obs.] Dryden. If I can fasten but one cup upon him. Shak. To fasten a charge, or a crime, upon, to make his guilt certain, or so probable as to be generally believed.
– To fasten one's eyes upon, to look upon steadily without cessation. Acts iii. 4.
Syn.
– To fix; cement; stick; link; affix; annex.
Fas"ten, v. i.
Definition: To fix one's self; to take firm hold; to clinch; to cling. A horse leech will hardly fasten on a fish. Sir T. Browne.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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