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.
BILLABONG
billabong
(noun) a branch of a river made by water flowing from the main stream only when the water level is high
billabong
(noun) a stagnant pool of water in the bed of a stream that flows intermittently
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
billabong (plural billabongs)
(Australia) A stagnant pool of water.
A streambed that is only filled with water during the rainy season.
A channel that dead-ends which extends from the main part of a river.
(Australia, rare) An oxbow lake.
Source: Wiktionary
Bil"la*bong`, n. [Native name.]
Definition: In Australia, a blind channel leading out from a river; -- sometimes called an anabranch. This is the sense of the word as used in the Public Works Department; but the term has also been locally applied to mere back-waters forming stagnant pools and to certain water channels arising from a source.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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OBLIQUE
(adjective) slanting or inclined in direction or course or position--neither parallel nor perpendicular nor right-angled; “the oblique rays of the winter sun”; “acute and obtuse angles are oblique angles”; “the axis of an oblique cone is not perpendicular to its base”
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