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.
BIGGINS
Proper noun
Biggins
A surname.
Anagrams
• gibings
Noun
biggins
plural of biggin
Anagrams
• gibings
Noun
biggins
plural of biggin
Source: Wiktionary
BIGGIN
Big"gin, n. Etym: [F. béguin, prob. from the cap worn by the Béguines. Cf. Beguine, Biggon.]
Definition: A child's cap; a hood, or something worn on the head. An old woman's biggin for a nightcap. Massinger.
Big"gin, n.
Definition: A coffeepot with a strainer or perforated metallic vessel for holding the ground coffee, through which boiling water is poured; -- so called from Mr. Biggin, the inventor.
Big"gin, Big"ging, n. Etym: [OE. bigging. See Big, Bigg, v. t.]
Definition: A building. [Obs.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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