Coffee has initially been a food – chewed, not sipped. Early African tribes consume coffee by grinding the berries together, adding some animal fat, and rolling the treats into tiny edible energy balls.
ALLEMANDE
allemande, allemande sauce
(noun) egg-thickened veloute
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
allemande (plural allemandes)
A popular instrumental dance form in Baroque music, and a standard element of a suite, generally the first or second movement.
Synonyms
• (instrumental dance form): allemanda, almain, alman
Verb
allemande (third-person singular simple present allemandes, present participle allemanding, simple past and past participle allemanded)
To perform this dance.
Source: Wiktionary
Al"le*mande", n. Etym: [F., fr. allemand German.]
1. (Mus.)
Definition: A dance in moderate twofold time, invented by the French in the reign of Louis XIV.; -- now mostly found in suites of pieces, like those of Bach and Handel.
2. A figure in dancing.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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