According to Guinness World Records, the largest collection of coffee pots belongs to Robert Dahl (Germany) and consists of 27,390 coffee pots as of 2 November 2012, in Rövershagen, Germany.
HOISE
Etymology
Verb
hoise (third-person singular simple present hoises, present participle hoising, simple past and past participle hoist or hoised)
(transitive, obsolete except in dialects or after Shakespeare) to hoist
(intransitive, obsolete): to hoist, be raised
Source: Wiktionary
Hoise, v. t. Etym: [See Hoist.]
Definition: To hoist. [Obs.] They . . . hoised up the mainsail to the wind. Acts xxvii. 40.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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PRESCRIPTIVE
(adjective) pertaining to giving directives or rules; “prescriptive grammar is concerned with norms of or rules for correct usage”
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