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.
HACKLES
dander, hackles
(noun) a feeling of anger and animosity; “having one’s hackles or dander up”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Noun
hackles
plural of hackle
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HACKLE
Hac"kle, n. Etym: [See Heckle, and cf. Hatchel.]
1. A comb for dressing flax, raw silk, etc.; a hatchel.
2. Any flimsy substance unspun, as raw silk.
3. One of the peculiar, long, narrow feathers on the neck of fowls, most noticeable on the cock, -- often used in making artificial flies; hence, any feather so used.
4. An artificial fly for angling, made of feathers.
Hac"kle, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hackled; p. pr. & vb. n. Hackling.]
1. To separate, as the coarse part of flax or hemp from the fine, by drawing it through the teeth of a hackle or hatchel.
2. To tear asunder; to break in pieces. The other divisions of the kingdom being hackled and torn to pieces. Burke.
HACKLE
Hac"kle, n. Etym: [See Heckle, and cf. Hatchel.]
1. A comb for dressing flax, raw silk, etc.; a hatchel.
2. Any flimsy substance unspun, as raw silk.
3. One of the peculiar, long, narrow feathers on the neck of fowls, most noticeable on the cock, -- often used in making artificial flies; hence, any feather so used.
4. An artificial fly for angling, made of feathers.
Hac"kle, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hackled; p. pr. & vb. n. Hackling.]
1. To separate, as the coarse part of flax or hemp from the fine, by drawing it through the teeth of a hackle or hatchel.
2. To tear asunder; to break in pieces. The other divisions of the kingdom being hackled and torn to pieces. Burke.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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