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.
STEEVE
Etymology
Noun
steeve (plural steeves)
(nautical) The angle which a bowsprit makes with the horizon, or with the line of the vessel's keel.
A spar, with a block at one end, used in stowing cotton bales and similar cargo needing to be packed tightly.
Verb
steeve (third-person singular simple present steeves, present participle steeving, simple past and past participle steeved)
(archaic) To project upward, or make an angle with the horizon or with the line of a vessel's keel; said of the bowsprit, etc.
(transitive) To stow, as bales in a vessel's hold, by means of a steeve.
Anagrams
• vestee
Source: Wiktionary
Steeve, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Steeved; p. pr. & vb. n. Steeving.] Etym: [Cf. OD. steve staff, E. stem, n.] (Shipbuilding)
Definition: To project upward, or make an angle with the horizon or with the line of a vessel's keel; -- said of the bowsprit, etc.
Steeve, v. t.
1. (Shipbuilding)
Definition: To elevate or fix at an angle with the horizon; -- said of the bowsprit, etc.
2. To stow, as bales in a vessel's hold, by means of a steeve. See Steeve, n. (b).
Steeve, n. (Naut.) (a) The angle which a bowsprit makes with the horizon, or with the line of the vessel's keel; -- called also steeving. (b) A spar, with a block at one end, used in stowing cotton bales, and similar kinds of cargo which need to be packed tightly.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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