An article published in Harvard Men’s Health Watch in 2012 shows heavy coffee drinkers live longer. The researchers examined data from 400,000 people and found out that men who drank six or more coffee cups per day had a 10% lower death rate.
STENCHED
Verb
stenched
simple past tense and past participle of stench
Source: Wiktionary
STENCH
Stench, v. t.
Definition: To stanch. [Obs.] Harvey.
Stench, n. Etym: [AS. stenc a strong smell, fr. stincan. See Stink, v. i.]
1. A smell; an odor. [Obs.] Clouds of savory stench involve the sky. Dryden.
2. An ill smell; an offensive odor; a stink. Cowper. Stench trap, a contrivance to prevent stench or foul air from rising from the openings of sewers, drains, etc.
Stench, v. t. Etym: [AS. stencan to emit a smell, fr. stincan to smell. See Stench, n.]
Definition: To cause to emit a disagreeable odor; to cause to stink. [Obs.] Young.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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