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.
BEDRAGGLE
bedraggle, draggle
(verb) make wet and dirty, as from rain
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
bedraggle (third-person singular simple present bedraggles, present participle bedraggling, simple past and past participle bedraggled)
(transitive) To make (something) wet and limp, especially by dragging it along the ground.
Source: Wiktionary
Be*drag"gle, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bedraggled (; p. pr. & vb. n. Bedraggling (.]
Definition: To draggle; to soil, as garments which, in walking, are suffered to drag in dust, mud, etc. Swift.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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