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.
BETID
Verb
betid
simple past tense and past participle of betide
Anagrams
• bidet, bited, debit
Source: Wiktionary
BETIDE
Be*tide", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Betided, Obs. Betid; p. pr. & vb. n. Betiding.] Etym: [OE. bitiden; pref. bi-, be- + tiden, fr. AS. tidan, to happen, fr. tid time. See Tide.]
Definition: To happen to; to befall; to come to ; as, woe betide the wanderer. What will betide the few Milton.
Be*tide", v. i.
Definition: To come to pass; to happen; to occur. A salve for any sore that may betide. Shak.
Note: Shakespeare has used it with of. "What would betide of me "
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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