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.
BESIEGING
siege, besieging, beleaguering, military blockade
(noun) the action of an armed force that surrounds a fortified place and isolates it while continuing to attack
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Verb
besieging
present participle of besiege
Noun
besieging (plural besiegings)
The act by which a place is besieged.
Source: Wiktionary
Be*sie"ging, a.
Definition: That besieges; laying siege to.
– Be*sie"ging*ly, adv.
BESIEGE
Be*siege", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Besieged; p. pr. & vb. n. Besieging.] Etym: [OE. bisegen; pref. be- + segen to siege. See Siege.]
Definition: To beset or surround with armed forces, for the purpose of compelling to surrender; to lay siege to; to beleaguer; to beset. Till Paris was besieged, famished, and lost. Shak.
Syn.
– To environ; hem in; invest; encompass.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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