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.
AZURES
Noun
azures
plural of azure
Verb
azures
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of azure
Anagrams
• Suarez
Proper noun
Azures
plural of Azure
Anagrams
• Suarez
Source: Wiktionary
AZURE
Az"ure, a. Etym: [F. & OSp. azur, Sp. azul, through Ar. from Per. lajaward, or lajuward, lapis lazuli, a blue color, lajawardi, lajuwardi, azure, cerulean, the initial l having been dropped, perhaps by the influence of the Ar. azr-aq azure, blue. Cf. G. lasur, lasurstein, azure color, azure stone, and NL. lapis lazuli.]
Definition: Sky-blue; resembling the clear blue color of the unclouded sky; cerulean; also, cloudless. Azure stone (Min.), the lapis lazuli; also, the lazulite.
Az"ure, n.
1. The lapis lazuli. [Obs.]
2. The clear blue color of the sky; also, a pigment or dye of this color. "In robes of azure." Wordsworth.
3. The blue vault above; the unclouded sky. Not like those steps On heaven's azure. Milton.
4. (Her.)
Definition: A blue color, represented in engraving by horizontal parallel lines.
Az"ure, v. t.
Definition: To color blue.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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