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.
BATTEL
Etymology 1
Noun
battel (plural battels)
Obsolete form of battle.
(UK, legal, obsolete) A single combat.
Etymology 2
Adjective
battel (comparative more battel, superlative most battel)
(obsolete) fertile; fruitful; productive
Verb
battel (third-person singular simple present battels, present participle battelling, simple past and past participle battelled)
(transitive) To make fertile.
(ambitransitive, Britain, Oxford University) To supply with provisions from the buttery.
Noun
battel (countable and uncountable, plural battels)
(UK, Oxford University, mostly, in the plural) Fees charged by a college for accommodation and living expenses.
(UK, Oxford University, mostly, in the plural, obsolete) Provisions ordered from the buttery.
Anagrams
• Battle, batlet, battle, tablet
Source: Wiktionary
Bat"tel, n. Etym: [Obs. form. of Battle.] (Old Eng. Law)
Definition: A single combat; as, trial by battel. See Wager of battel, under Wager.
Bat"tel, n. Etym: [Of uncertain etymology.]
Definition: Provisions ordered from the buttery; also, the charges for them; -- only in the pl., except when used adjectively. [Univ. of Oxford, Eng.]
Bat"tel, v. i.
Definition: To be supplied with provisions from the buttery. [Univ. of Oxford, Eng.]
Bat"tel, v. t. Etym: [Cf. Batful, Batten, v. i.]
Definition: To make fertile. [Obs.] "To battel barren land." Ray.
Bat"tel, a.
Definition: Fertile; fruitful; productive. [Obs.] A battel soil for grain, for pasture good. Fairfax.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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