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.
UPCASTING
Verb
upcasting
present participle of upcast
Anagrams
• casting up
Source: Wiktionary
UPCAST
Up"cast`, a.
Definition: Cast up; thrown upward; as, with upcast eyes. Addison.
Up"cast`, n.
1. (Bowling)
Definition: A cast; a throw. Shak.
2. (Mining.)
Definition: The ventilating shaft of a mine out of which the air passes after having circulated through the mine; -- distinguished from the downcast. Called also upcast pit, and upcast shaft.
3. An upset, as from a carriage. [Scot.]
4. A taunt; a reproach. [Scot.] Sir W. Scott.
Up*cast", v. t.
1. To cast or throw up; to turn upward. [Obs.] Chaucer.
2. To taunt; to reproach; to upbraid. [Scot.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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TRANSPOSITION
(noun) (music) playing in a different key from the key intended; moving the pitch of a piece of music upwards or downwards
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