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.
BESTEADS
Verb
besteads
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bestead
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• basseted
Source: Wiktionary
BESTEAD
Be*stead", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bestead or Bested, also (Obs.) Bestad. In sense 3 imp. also Besteaded.] Etym: [Pref. be- + stead a place.]
1. To put in a certain situation or condition; to circumstance; to place. [Only in p. p.] They shall pass through it, hardly bestead and hungry: . . . and curse their king and their God. Is. viii. 21. Many far worse bestead than ourselves. Barrow.
2. To put in peril; to beset.
Note: [Only in p. p.] Chaucer.
3. To serve; to assist; to profit; to avail. Milton.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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