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.
BELAY
belay
(noun) something to which a mountain climber’s rope can be secured
belay
(verb) fasten a boat to a bitt, pin, or cleat
belay
(verb) turn a rope round an object or person in order to secure it or him
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
belay (third-person singular simple present belays, present participle belaying, simple past and past participle belaid or belayed)
(transitive, obsolete) To surround; environ; enclose.
(transitive, obsolete) To overlay; adorn.
(transitive, obsolete) To besiege; invest; surround.
(transitive, obsolete) To lie in wait for in order to attack; block up or obstruct.
(nautical, ambitransitive) To make (a rope) fast by turning it around a fastening point such as a cleat or piton.
(transitive) To secure (a person) to a rope or (a rope) to a person.
(transitive) To lay aside; stop; cancel.
(intransitive, nautical) The general command to stop or cease.
Noun
belay (plural belays)
(climbing) The securing of a rope to a rock or other projection.
(climbing) The object to which a rope is secured.
(climbing) A location at which a climber stops and builds an anchor with which to secure their partner.
Anagrams
• Baley, Leyba
Proper noun
Belay (plural Belays)
A surname.
Statistics
• According to the 2010 United States Census, Belay is the 27144th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 892 individuals. Belay is most common among Black/African American (87.0%) individuals.
Anagrams
• Baley, Leyba
Source: Wiktionary
Be*lay", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Belaid, Belayed; p. pr. & vb. n. Belaying.] Etym: [For senses 1 & 2, D. beleggen to cover, belay; akin to E. pref. be-, and lay to place: for sense 3, OE. beleggen, AS. belecgan. See pref. Be-, and Lay to place.]
1. To lay on or cover; to adorn. [Obs.] Jacket . . . belayed with silver lace. Spenser.
2. (Naut.)
Definition: To make fast, as a rope, by taking several turns with it round a pin, cleat, or kevel. Totten.
3. To lie in wait for with a view to assault. Hence: to block up or obstruct. [Obs.] Dryden. Belay thee! Stop.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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