Coffee is the second largest traded commodity in the world, next to crude oil. It’s also one of the oldest commodities, with over 2.25 billion cups of coffee consumed worldwide daily.
STOCCADO
Etymology
Noun
stoccado (plural stoccados or stoccadoes)
(obsolete) A stab with a pointed weapon.
Yet will not such leave to lift-up their joyned hands to heaven, give them but a stoccado [transl. coup d'espĂ©e] on their breast […].
Source: Wiktionary
Stoc*ca"do, n. Etym: [F. estocade, fr. Sp. estocada, or It. stoccata, from Sp. estoque, or It. stocco, a rapier, fr. G. stock a stick. See Stock.]
Definition: A stab; a thrust with a rapier. Shak.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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DISPERSION
(noun) the act of dispersing or diffusing something; “the dispersion of the troops”; “the diffusion of knowledge”
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