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.
BARLEYCORN
barley, barleycorn
(noun) a grain of barley
barleycorn
(noun) a grain of barley
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
barleycorn (plural barleycorns)
A grain of barley.
(obsolete) The length of such a grain; a unit of length of approximately one third (or sometimes one quarter) of an inch or eight millimetres, still used as a basis for shoe sizes
(architecture, woodworking) A small groove between two mouldings.
Source: Wiktionary
Bar"ley*corn`, n. Etym: [See Corn.]
1. A grain or "corn" of barley.
2. Formerly , a measure of length, equal to the average length of a grain of barley; the third part of an inch. John Barleycorn, a humorous personification of barley as the source of malt liquor or whisky.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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