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.
SWINGE
singe, swinge
(verb) burn superficially or lightly; “I singed my eyebrows”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
swinge (third-person singular simple present swinges, present participle swinging or swingeing, simple past swonge or swinged, past participle swongen or swinged) (forms with o are obsolete)
(obsolete) To singe.
(archaic) To move like a lash; to lash.
(archaic) To strike hard.
(obsolete) To chastise; to beat.
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Noun
swinge (plural swinges)
(archaic) A swinging blow.
(obsolete) Power; sway; influence.
Anagrams
• Winges, sewing, winges
Source: Wiktionary
Swinge (swînj), v. & n.
Definition: See Singe. [Obs.] Spenser.
Swinge, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Swinged (swînjd); p. pr. & vb. n. Swingeing (swînj"îng).] Etym: [OE. swengen, AS. swengan to shake, causative of swingan. See Swing.]
1. To beat soundly; to whip; to chastise; to punish. I had swinged him soundly. Shak. And swinges his own vices in his son. C. Dryden.
2. To move as a lash; to lash. [Obs.] Swinges the scaly horror of his folded tail. Milton.
Swinge, n.
1. The sweep of anything in motion; a swinging blow; a swing. [Obs.] Waller.
2. Power; sway; influence. [Obs.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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