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.
ORPHREY
orphrey
(noun) a richly embroidered edging on an ecclesiastical vestment
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
orphrey (plural orphreys)
(obsolete) Any elaborate embroidery, especially when made of gold thread; an object (such as clothing or fabric) adorned with such embroidery. [14th–19th c.]
(Christianity) An embroidered ornamental band or border on an ecclesiastical vestment, altar frontal, etc. [from 15th c.]
Notes
Source: Wiktionary
Or"phrey, n. Etym: [See Orfrays.]
Definition: A band of rich embroidery, wholly or in part of gold, affixed to vestments, especially those of ecclesiastics. Pugin.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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