There are more than 50 countries that export coffee. They are near the equator, where the climate is conducive to producing coffee beans.
SPAVINS
Noun
spavins
plural of spavin
Source: Wiktionary
SPAVIN
Spav"in, n. Etym: [OE. spaveyne, OF. esparvain, F. éparvin; akin to OF. espervier a sparrow hawk, F. épervier, fr. OHG. sparwari (G. sperber), fr. OHG. sparo sparrow, because this disease makes the horse raise the infirm leg in the manner of a sparrow hawk or sparrow. See Sparrow.] (Far.)
Definition: A disease of horses characterized by a bony swelling developed on the hock as the result of inflammation of the bones; also, the swelling itself. The resulting lameness is due to the inflammation, and not the bony tumor as popularly supposed. Harbaugh. Bog spavin, a soft swelling produced by distention of the capsular ligament of the hock; -- called also blood spavin.
– Bone spavin, spavin attended with exostosis; ordinary spavin.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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