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.
ARED
Verb
ared
simple past tense and past participle of aread
Anagrams
• 'eard, DARE, Dare, Dear, Rade, Read, Reda, dare, dear, rade, read
Source: Wiktionary
AREAD
A*read", A*reed", v. t. Etym: [OE. areden, AS. ar to interpret. See Read.]
1. To tell, declare, explain, or interpret; to divine; to guess; as, to aread a riddle or a dream. [Obs.] Therefore more plain aread this doubtful case. Spenser.
2. To read. [Obs.] Drayton.
3. To counsel, advise, warn, or direct. But mark what I aread thee now. Avaunt! Milton.
4. To decree; to adjudge. [Archaic] Ld. Lytton.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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