According to WorldAtlas, Finland is the biggest coffee consumer in the entire world. The average Finn will consume 12 kg of coffee each year.
smoldered
simple past tense and past participle of smolder
Source: Wiktionary
Smol"der, Smoul"der, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Smoldered or Smouldered; p. pr. & vb. n. Smoldering or Smouldering.] Etym: [OE. smolderen; cf. Prov. G. smölen, smelen, D. smeulen. Cf. Smell.]
1. To burn and smoke without flame; to waste away by a slow and supressed combustion. The smoldering dust did round about him smoke. Spenser.
2. To exist in a state of suppressed or smothered activity; to burn inwardly; as, a smoldering feud.
Smol"der, Smoul"der, v. t.
Definition: To smother; to suffocate; to choke. [Obs.] Holinshed. Palsgrave.
Smol"der, Smoul"der, n.
Definition: Smoke; smother. [Obs.] The smolder stops our nose with stench. Gascoigne.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
22 November 2024
(noun) (nautical) a line (rope or chain) that regulates the angle at which a sail is set in relation to the wind
According to WorldAtlas, Finland is the biggest coffee consumer in the entire world. The average Finn will consume 12 kg of coffee each year.