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.
VANNINGS
Noun
vannings
plural of vanning
Source: Wiktionary
VANNING
Van"ning, n. (Mining)
Definition: A process by which ores are washed on a shovel, or in a vanner.
VAN
Van, n. Etym: [Abbrev. fr. vanguard.]
Definition: The front of an army; the first line or leading column; also, the front line or foremost division of a fleet, either in sailing or in battle. Standards and gonfalons, twixt van and rear, Stream in the air. Milton.
Van, n. Etym: [Cornish.] (Mining)
Definition: A shovel used in cleansing ore.
Van, v. t. (Mining)
Definition: To wash or cleanse, as a small portion of ore, on a shovel. Raymond.
Van, n. Etym: [Abbreviated from caravan.]
1. A light wagon, either covered or open, used by tradesmen and others fore the transportation of goods. [Eng.]
2. A large covered wagon for moving furniture, etc., also for conveying wild beasts, etc., for exhibition.
3. A close railway car for baggage. See the Note under Car, 2. [Eng.]
Van, n. Etym: [L. vannus a van, or fan for winnowing grain: cf. F. van. Cf. Fan, Van a wing Winnow.]
1. A fan or other contrivance, as a sieve, for winnowing grain.
2. Etym: [OF. vanne, F. vanneau beam feather (cf. It. vanno a wing) fr. L. vannus. See Etymology above.]
Definition: A wing with which the air is beaten. [Archaic] "[/Angels] on the air plumy vans received him. " Milton. He wheeled in air, and stretched his vans in vain; His vans no longer could his flight sustain. Dryden.
Van, v. t. Etym: [Cf. F. vanner to winnow, to fan. See Van a winnowing machine.]
Definition: To fan, or to cleanse by fanning; to winnow. [Obs.] Bacon.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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