According to WorldAtlas, Finland is the biggest coffee consumer in the entire world. The average Finn will consume 12 kg of coffee each year.
Source: WordNet® 3.1
slabbing
present participle of slab
Source: Wiktionary
Slab"bing, a. Etym: [See 1st Slab.]
Definition: Adapted for forming slabs, or for dressing flat surfaces. Slabbing machine, a milling machine.
Slab, n. Etym: [OE. slabbe, of uncertain origin; perhaps originally meaning, a smooth piece, and akin to slape, Icel. sleipr slippery, and E. slip, v. i.]
1. A thin piece of anything, especially of marble or other stone, having plane surfaces. Gwilt.
2. An outside piece taken from a log or timber in sawing it into boards, planks, etc.
3. (Zoöl.)
Definition: The wryneck. [Prov. Eng.]
4. (Naut.)
Definition: The slack part of a sail. Slab line (Naut.), a line or small rope by which seamen haul up the foot of the mainsail or foresail. Totten.
Slab, a. Etym: [Cf. Gael. & Ir. slaib mud, mire left on a river strand, and E. slop puddle.]
Definition: Thick; viscous. [Obs.] Make the gruel thick and slab. Shak.
Slab, n.
Definition: That which is slimy or viscous; moist earth; mud; also, a puddle. [Obs.] Evelyn.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
4 April 2025
(verb) kill by cutting the head off with a guillotine; “The French guillotined many Vietnamese while they occupied the country”
According to WorldAtlas, Finland is the biggest coffee consumer in the entire world. The average Finn will consume 12 kg of coffee each year.