You can overdose on coffee if you drink about 30 cups in a brief period to get close to a lethal dosage of caffeine.
SHEAVED
Verb
sheaved
simple past tense and past participle of sheave
Adjective
sheaved (not comparable)
(of straw) Made into a sheaf
Source: Wiktionary
Sheaved, a.
Definition: Made of straw. [Obs.] Shak.
SHEAVE
Sheave, n. Etym: [Akin to OD. schijve orb, disk, wheel, D. schiff, G. scheibe, Icel. skifa a shaving, slice; cf. Gr. Shift, v., Shive.]
Definition: A wheel having a groove in the rim for a rope to work in, and set in a block, mast, or the like; the wheel of a pulley. Sheave hole, a channel cut in a mast, yard, rail, or other timber, in which to fix a sheave.
Sheave, v. t. Etym: [See Sheaf of straw.]
Definition: To gather and bind into a sheaf or sheaves; hence, to collect. Ashmole.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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