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.
THIRL
Etymology 1
Noun
thirl (plural thirls)
(archaic or dialectal) A hole, aperture, especially a nostril.
(dialectal) A low door in a dry-stone wall to allow sheep to pass through; a smoot.
Etymology 2
Verb
thirl (third-person singular simple present thirls, present participle thirling, simple past and past participle thirled)
To pierce, perforate, penetrate.
(obsolete) To drill or bore.
Etymology 3
Verb
thirl (third-person singular simple present thirls, present participle thirling, simple past and past participle thirled)
(obsolete) To throw (a projectile).
Etymology 4
Verb
thirl (third-person singular simple present thirls, present participle thirling, simple past and past participle thirled)
(historical, transitive) To legally bind (a tenant) to the use of one's own property as an owner.
Noun
thirl (plural thirls)
(historical) A thrall.
Source: Wiktionary
Thirl, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Thirled; p. pr. & vb. n. Thirling.] Etym: [See Thrill.]
Definition: To bore; to drill or thrill. See Thrill. [Obs. or Prov.] That with a spear was thirled his breast bone. Chaucer.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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