According to Guinness World Records, the largest collection of coffee pots belongs to Robert Dahl (Germany) and consists of 27,390 coffee pots as of 2 November 2012, in Rövershagen, Germany.
STETTING
STET
stet
(verb) printing: direct that a matter marked for omission or correction is to be retained (used in the imperative)
stet
(verb) printing: cancel, as of a correction or deletion
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Verb
stetting
present participle of stet
Source: Wiktionary
STET
Stet, Etym: L., subj. 3d pers. sing. of stare to stand, remain. Etym: [See Stand.] (Print.)
Definition: Let it stand; -- a word used by proof readers to signify that something once erased, or marked for omission, is to remain.
Stet, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Stetted; p. pr. & vb. n. Stetting.] (Print.)
Definition: To cause or direct to remain after having been marked for omission; to mark with the word stet, or with a series of dots below or beside the matter; as, the proof reader stetted a deled footnote.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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