Brazil is the largest coffee producer in the world. Each year Brazil exports more than 44 million bags of coffee. Vietnam follows at exporting over 27 million bags each year.
SMITHING
Etymology
Noun
smithing (uncountable)
The work of a smith; the forging of metal.
Source: Wiktionary
Smith"ing, n.
Definition: The act or art of working or forging metals, as iron, into any desired shape. Moxon.
SMITH
Smith, n. Etym: [AS. smi; akin to D. smid, G. schmied, OHG. smid, Icel. smi, Dan. & Sw. smed, Goth. smi (in comp.); cf. Gr.
1. One who forgess with the hammer; one who works in metals; as, a blacksmith, goldsmith, silversmith, and the like. Piers Plowman. Nor yet the smith hath learned to form a sword. Tate.
2. One who makes or effects anything. [R.] Dryden.
Smith, v. t. Etym: [AS. smi. See Smith, n.]
Definition: To beat into shape; to fprge. [Obs.] Chaucer. What smith that any [weapon] smitheth. Piers Plowman.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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