There are more than 50 countries that export coffee. They are near the equator, where the climate is conducive to producing coffee beans.
PIKING
Verb
piking
present participle of pike
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Source: Wiktionary
PIKE
Pike, n. Etym: [F. pique; perhaps of Celtic origin; cf. W. pig a prick, a point, beak, Arm. pik pick. But cf. also L. picus woodpecker (see Pie magpie), and E. spike. Cf. Pick, n. & v., Peak, Pique.]
1. (Mil.)
Definition: A foot soldier's weapon, consisting of a long wooden shaft or staff, with a pointed steel head. It is now superseded by the bayonet.
2. A pointed head or spike; esp., one in the center of a shield or target. Beau. & Fl.
3. A hayfork. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] Tusser.
4. A pick. [Prov. Eng.] Wright. Raymond.
5. A pointed or peaked hill. [R.]
6. A large haycock. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.
7. A turnpike; a toll bar. Dickens.
8. (Zoƶl.) sing. & pl.
Definition: A large fresh-water fish (Esox lucius), found in Europe and America, highly valued as a food fish; -- called also pickerel, gedd, luce, and jack.
Note: Blue pike, grass pike, green pike, wall-eyed pike, and yellow pike, are names, not of true pike, but of the wall-eye. See Wall-eye. Gar pike. See under Gar.
– Pike perch (Zoƶl.), any fresh-water fish of the genus Stizostedion (formerly Lucioperca). See Wall-eye, and Sauger.
– Pike pole, a long pole with a pike in one end, used in directing floating logs.
– Pike whale (Zoƶl.), a finback whale of the North Atlantic (BalƦnoptera rostrata), having an elongated snout; -- called also piked whale.
– Sand pike (Zoƶl.), the lizard fish.
– Sea pike (Zoƶl.), the garfish (a).
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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