Coffee is the second largest traded commodity in the world, next to crude oil. It’s also one of the oldest commodities, with over 2.25 billion cups of coffee consumed worldwide daily.
HOSIERY
hosiery, hose
(noun) socks and stockings and tights collectively (the British include underwear)
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
hosiery (usually uncountable, plural hosieries)
Undergarments worn on the legs, such as socks, stockings, and pantyhose.
(uncountable) The business or art of a hosier; the practice of making hose.
(countable) A shop selling such undergarments.
Source: Wiktionary
Ho"sier*y, n.
1. The business of a hosier.
2. Stockings, in general; goods knit or woven like hose.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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FISSILE
(adjective) capable of being split or cleft or divided in the direction of the grain; “fissile crystals”; “fissile wood”
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