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.
ALTARWISE
Etymology
Adjective
altarwise (not comparable)
Placed in the manner of an altar, against the eastern wall of the chancel with the longer side parallel to that wall.
Antonyms
• tablewise
Anagrams
• Westralia
Source: Wiktionary
Al"tar*wise`, adv.
Definition: In the proper position of an altar, that is, at the east of a church with its ends towards the north and south. Shipley.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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