hoaring
present participle of hoar
Source: Wiktionary
Hoar, a. Etym: [OE. hor, har, AS. har; akin to Icel. harr, and to OHG. her illustrious, magnificent; cf. Icel. Heiedh brightness of the sky, Goth. hais torch, Skr. ketus light, torch. Cf. Hoary.]
1. White, or grayish white: as, hoar frost; hoar cliffs. "Hoar waters." Spenser.
2. Gray or white with age; hoary. Whose beard with age is hoar. Coleridge. Old trees with trunks all hoar. Byron.
3. Musty; moldy; stale. [Obs.] Shak.
Hoar, n.
Definition: Hoariness; antiquity. [R.] Covered with the awful hoar of innumerable ages. Burke.
Hoar, v. t. Etym: [AS. harian to grow gray.]
Definition: To become moldy or musty. [Obs.] Shak.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
27 April 2024
(adjective) remarkable or out of the ordinary in degree or magnitude or effect; “a great crisis”; “had a great stake in the outcome”
Coffee starts as a yellow berry, changes into a red berry, and then is picked by hand to harvest. The red berry is de-shelled through a water soaking process and what’s left inside is the green coffee bean. This bean then dries in the sun for 3-5 days, where it is then packed and ready for sale.
