There are four varieties of commercially viable coffee: Arabica, Liberica, Excelsa, and Robusta. Growers predominantly plant the Arabica species. Although less popular, Robusta tastes slightly more bitter and contains more caffeine.
THIRLAGE
Etymology
Noun
thirlage (countable and uncountable, plural thirlages)
(historical, Scotland) The right of the owner of a mill to compel tenants to bring all their grain to that mill for milling.
Anagrams
• Gilreath, Iglehart, litharge
Source: Wiktionary
Thirl"age, n. Etym: [Cf. Thrall.] (Scots Law)
Definition: The right which the owner of a mill possesses, by contract or law, to compel the tenants of a certain district, or of his sucken, to bring all their grain to his mill for grinding. Erskine.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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