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.
BAWLED
Verb
bawled
simple past tense and past participle of bawl
Source: Wiktionary
BAWL
Bawl, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Bawled (p. pr. & vb. n. Bawling.] Etym: [Icel. baula to low, bellow, as a cow; akin to Sw. böla; cf. AS bellan, G. bellen to bark, E. bellow, bull.]
1. To cry out with a loud, full sound; to cry with vehemence, as in calling or exultation; to shout; to vociferate.
2. To cry loudly, as a child from pain or vexation.
Bawl, v. t.
Definition: To proclaim with a loud voice, or by outcry, as a hawker or town-crier does. Swift.
Bawl, n.
Definition: A loud, prolonged cry; an outcry.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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