According to WorldAtlas, Canada is the only non-European country to make its top ten list of coffee consumers. The United States at a distant 25 on the list.
SILKENED
Verb
silkened
simple past tense and past participle of silken
Source: Wiktionary
SILKEN
Silk"en, a. Etym: [AS. seolcen, seolocen.]
1. Of or pertaining to silk; made of, or resembling, silk; as, silken cloth; a silken veil.
2. Fig.: Soft; delicate; tender; smooth; as, silken language. "Silken terms precise." Shak.
3. Dressed in silk. "A . . . silken wanton." Shak.
Silk"en, v. t.
Definition: To render silken or silklike. Dyer.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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