An article published in Harvard Men’s Health Watch in 2012 shows heavy coffee drinkers live longer. The researchers examined data from 400,000 people and found out that men who drank six or more coffee cups per day had a 10% lower death rate.
OILCLOTH
oilcloth
(noun) cloth treated on one side with a drying oil or synthetic resin
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
oilcloth (countable and uncountable, plural oilcloths)
A fabric or cloth treated on one side with a waterproof covering, especially one made from linseed oil etc.; used for flooring, tablecloths, kitchen shelves and sometimes furniture covering.
• cloth treated with oil or paint, and used for marking garments, covering floors, etc. - Webster, 1913
Synonyms
• American cloth
• linoleum
• leathercloth
Source: Wiktionary
Oil"cloth", n.
Definition: Cloth treated with oil or paint, and used for marking garments, covering flooors, etc.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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(verb) grasp with the mind or develop an understanding of; “did you catch that allusion?”; “We caught something of his theory in the lecture”; “don’t catch your meaning”; “did you get it?”; “She didn’t get the joke”; “I just don’t get him”
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