Brazil is the largest coffee producer in the world. Each year Brazil exports more than 44 million bags of coffee. Vietnam follows at exporting over 27 million bags each year.
HOUNDED
Verb
hounded
simple past tense and past participle of hound
Source: Wiktionary
HOUND
Hound, n. Etym: [OE. hound, hund, dog, AS. hund; akin to OS. & OFries. hund, D. hond, G. hund, OHG. hunt, Icel. hundr, Dan. & Sw. hund, Goth. hunds, and prob. to Lith. sz, Ir. & Gael. cu, L. canis, Gr. çvan. sq. root229. Cf. Canine, Cynic, Kennel.]
1. (Zoöl.)
Definition: A variety of the domestic dog, usually having large, drooping ears, esp. one which hunts game by scent, as the foxhound, bloodhound, deerhound, but also used for various breeds of fleet hunting dogs, as the greyhound, boarhound, etc. Hounds and greyhounds, mongrels, spaniels, curs. Shak.
2. A despicable person. "Boy! false hound!" Shak.
3. (Zoöl.)
Definition: A houndfish.
4. pl. (Naut.)
Definition: Projections at the masthead, serving as a support for the trestletrees and top to rest on.
5. A side bar used to strengthen portions of the running gear of a vehicle. To follow the hounds, to hunt with hounds.
Hound, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hounded; p. pr. & vb. n. Hounding.]
1. To set on the chase; to incite to pursuit; as, to hounda dog at a hare; to hound on pursuers. Abp. Bramhall.
2. To hunt or chase with hounds, or as with hounds. L'Estrange.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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