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.
RAIDED
Verb
raided
simple past tense and past participle of raid
Anagrams
• Idared, aderid, ardeid
Source: Wiktionary
RAID
Raid, n. Etym: [Icel. reiedh a riding, raid; akin to E. road. See Road a way.]
1. A hostile or predatory incursion; an inroad or incursion of mounted men; a sudden and rapid invasion by a cavalry force; a foray. Marauding chief! his sole delight. The moonlight raid, the morning fight. Sir W. Scott. There are permanent conquests, temporary occupation, and occasional raids. H. Spenser.
Note: A Scottish word which came into common use in the United States during the Civil War, and was soon extended in its application.
2. An attack or invasion for the purpose of making arrests, seizing property, or plundering; as, a raid of the police upon a gambling house; a raid of contractors on the public treasury. [Colloq. U. S.]
Raid, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Raided; p. pr. & vb. n. Raiding.]
Definition: To make a raid upon or into; as, two regiments raided the border counties.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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