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.
BECALM
steady, calm, becalm
(verb) make steady; “steady yourself”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
becalm (third-person singular simple present becalms, present participle becalming, simple past and past participle becalmed)
(transitive, obsolete) To make calm or still; make quiet; calm.
(transitive, nautical) To deprive (a ship) of wind, so that it cannot move (usually in passive).
Anagrams
• beclam, malbec
Source: Wiktionary
Be*calm", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Becalmed (p. pr. & vb. n. Becalming.]
1. To render calm or quiet; to calm; to still; to appease. Soft whispering airs . . . becalm the mind. Philips.
2. To keep from motion, or stop the progress of, by the stilling of the wind; as, the fleet was becalmed.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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