An article published in Harvard Men’s Health Watch in 2012 shows heavy coffee drinkers live longer. The researchers examined data from 400,000 people and found out that men who drank six or more coffee cups per day had a 10% lower death rate.
VALANCES
Noun
valances
plural of valance
Source: Wiktionary
VALANCE
Val"ance, n. Etym: [Perhaps fr. OF. avalant descending, hanging down, p. pr. of avaler to go down, let down, descent (cf. Avalanche); but probably from the town of Valence in France.]
1. Hanging drapery for a bed, couch, window, or the like, especially that which hangs around a bedstead, from the bed to the floor. [Written also valence.] Valance of Venice gold in needlework. Shak.
2. The drooping edging of the lid of a trunk. which covers the joint when the lid is closed.
Val"ance, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Valanced; p. pr. & vb. n. Valancing.]
Definition: To furnish with a valance; to decorate with hangings or drapery. His old fringed chair valanced around with party-colored worsted bobs. Sterne.
VALANCE
Val"ance, n. Etym: [Perhaps fr. OF. avalant descending, hanging down, p. pr. of avaler to go down, let down, descent (cf. Avalanche); but probably from the town of Valence in France.]
1. Hanging drapery for a bed, couch, window, or the like, especially that which hangs around a bedstead, from the bed to the floor. [Written also valence.] Valance of Venice gold in needlework. Shak.
2. The drooping edging of the lid of a trunk. which covers the joint when the lid is closed.
Val"ance, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Valanced; p. pr. & vb. n. Valancing.]
Definition: To furnish with a valance; to decorate with hangings or drapery. His old fringed chair valanced around with party-colored worsted bobs. Sterne.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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