Hawaii and California are the only two U.S. states that grow coffee plants commercially.
logboard (plural logboards)
(nautical) A board on a vessel displaying the current portion of the log, to be transcribed later into the logbook.
Every Noon the Master and his Mates take the reckoning off the Log-board, and double the Knots run, and then divide the Product, which is the number of Miles run by three, the quotient is the Leagues run since the former Noon, and according to custom the Log is thrown every two hours, and I never knew the course nearer expressed on the Log-board, then to half a point of the Compass.
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25 November 2024
(noun) infestation with slender threadlike roundworms (filaria) deposited under the skin by the bite of black fleas; when the eyes are involved it can result in blindness; common in Africa and tropical America
Hawaii and California are the only two U.S. states that grow coffee plants commercially.