Coffee is the second largest traded commodity in the world, next to crude oil. It’s also one of the oldest commodities, with over 2.25 billion cups of coffee consumed worldwide daily.
SKIVINGS
Noun
skivings
plural of skiving
Source: Wiktionary
SKIVING
Ski"ving, n.
1. The act of paring or splitting leather or skins.
2. A piece made in paring or splitting leather; specifically, the part from the inner, or flesh, side.
SKIVE
Skive, n. Etym: [Cf. Icel. skifa a shaving, slice, E. shive, sheave.]
Definition: The iron lap used by diamond polishers in finishing the facets of the gem.
Skive, v. t.
Definition: To pare or shave off the rough or thick parts of (hides or leather).
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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SUSPENDED
(adjective) (of undissolved particles in a fluid) supported or kept from sinking or falling by buoyancy and without apparent attachment; “suspended matter such as silt or mud...”; “dust particles suspended in the air”; “droplets in suspension in a gas”
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