The average annual yield from one coffee tree is the equivalent of 1 to 1 1/2 pounds of roasted coffee. It takes about 4,000 hand-picked green coffee beans to make a pound of coffee.
THREAPING
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threaping
present participle of threap
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THREAP
Threap, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Threaped; p. pr. & vb. n. Threaping.] Etym: [AS. to reprove.] [Written also threpe, and threip.]
1. To call; to name. [Obs.]
2. To maintain obstinately against denial or contradiction; also, to contend or argue against (another) with obstinacy; to chide; as, he threaped me down that it was so. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.] Burns.
3. To beat, or thrash. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.
4. To cozen, or cheat. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.
Threap, v. i.
Definition: To contend obstinately; to be pertinacious. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.] It's not for a man with a woman to threap. Percy's Reliques.
Threap, n.
Definition: An obstinate decision or determination; a pertinacious affirmation. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.] He was taken a threap that he would have it finished before the year was done. Carlyle.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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(noun) maximum clarity or distinctness of an image rendered by an optical system; “in focus”; “out of focus”
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