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.
FURL
Etymology
Verb
furl (third-person singular simple present furls, present participle furling, simple past and past participle furled)
(transitive) To lower, roll up and secure (something, such as a sail or flag)
Antonyms
• unfurl
Source: Wiktionary
Furl, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Furld; p. pr. & vb. n. Furling.] Etym: [Contr. fr. furdle, fr. fardel bundle: cf. F. ferler to furl, OF. fardeler to pack. See Furdle, Fardel, and cf. Farl.]
Definition: To draw up or gather into close compass; to wrap or roll, as a sail, close to the yard, stay, or mast, or, as a flag, close to or around its staff, securing it there by a gasket or line. Totten.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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