An article published in Harvard Men’s Health Watch in 2012 shows heavy coffee drinkers live longer. The researchers examined data from 400,000 people and found out that men who drank six or more coffee cups per day had a 10% lower death rate.
FILATURE
filature
(noun) a bobbin used in spinning silk into thread
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Noun
filature (plural filatures)
The process of drawing fibres into threads, especially the process of reeling raw silk from cocoons.
A spool or bobbin used for the above.
A place where silk is reeled onto spools.
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Source: Wiktionary
Fil"a*ture, n. Etym: [LL. filatura, fr. filare to spin: cf. F. filature. See Filatory.]
1. A drawing out into threads; hence, the reeling of silk from cocoons. Ure.
2. A reel for drawing off silk from cocoons; also, an establishment for reeling silk.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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