The average annual yield from one coffee tree is the equivalent of 1 to 1 1/2 pounds of roasted coffee. It takes about 4,000 hand-picked green coffee beans to make a pound of coffee.
PARRIES
Noun
parries
plural of parry
Verb
parries
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of parry
Anagrams
• Rapiers, aspirer, pairers, praiser, rapiers, raspier, repairs
Source: Wiktionary
PARRY
Par"ry, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Parried; p. pr. & vb. n. Parrying.] Etym: [F. paré, p. p. of parer. See Pare, v. t.]
1. To ward off; to stop, or to turn aside; as, to parry a thrust, a blow, or anything that means or threatens harm. Locke. Vice parries wide The undreaded volley with a sword of straw. Cowper.
2. To avoid; to shift or put off; to evade. The French government has parried the payment of our claims. E. Everett.
Par"ry, v. i.
Definition: To ward off, evade, or turn aside something, as a blow, argument, etc. Locke.
Par"ry, n.; pl. Parries (.
Definition: A warding off of a thrust or blow, as in sword and bayonet exercises or in boxing; hence, figuratively, a defensive movement in debate or other intellectual encounter.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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