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.
imbricates
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of imbricate
• bicamerist, bimatrices
Source: Wiktionary
Im"bri*cate, Im"bri*ca`ted, a. Etym: [L. imbricatus, p.p. of imbricare to cover with tiles, to form like a gutter tile, fr. imbrex, -icis, a hollow tile, gutter tile, fr. imber rain.]
1. Bent and hollowed like a roof or gutter tile.
2. Lying over each other in regular order, so as to "break joints," like tiles or shingles on a roof, the scales on the leaf buds of plants and the cups of some acorns, or the scales of fishes; overlapping each other at the margins, as leaves in æstivation.
3. In decorative art: Having scales lapping one over the other, or a representation of such scales; as, an imbricated surface; an imbricated pattern.
Im"bri*cate, v. t.
Definition: To lay in order, one lapping over another, so as to form an imbricated surface.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
14 May 2024
(noun) an unfortunate person who is unable to perform effectively because of nervous tension or agitation; “he could win if he wasn’t a choker”
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.