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.
FLANGES
Noun
flanges
plural of flange
Anagrams
• fangles
Source: Wiktionary
FLANGE
Flange, n. Etym: [Prov. E. flange to project, flanch a projection. See Flanch, Flank.]
1. An external or internal rib, or rim, for strength, as the flange of an iron beam; or for a guide, as the flange of a car wheel (see Car wheel.); or for attachment to another object, as the flange on the end of a pipe, steam cylinder, etc. Knight.
2. A plate or ring to form a rim at the end of a pipe when fastened to the pipe. Blind flange, a plate for covering or closing the end of a pipe.
– Flange joint, a joint, as that of pipes, where the connecting pieces have flanges by which the parts are bolted together. Knight. - Flange rail, a rail with a flange on one side, to keep wheels, etc. from running off.
– Flange turning, the process of forming a flange on a wrought iron plate by bending and hammering it wh
Flange, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Flanged; p. pr. & vb. n. Flanging.] (Mach.)
Definition: To make a flange on; to furnish with a flange.
Flange, v. i.
Definition: To be bent into a flange.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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