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.
BOREAS
Boreas
(noun) (Greek mythology) the god who personified the north wind; “Boreas was pictured as bearded and powerful and winged and draped against the cold”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Proper noun
Boreas
(Greek god) The god of the North Wind.
(poetic) The north wind personified.
Hypernyms
• Anemoi
Coordinate terms
• Boreas/Septentrio/Aquilon (north), Notos/Auster (south), Eurus/Subsolanus (east), Zephyr/Zephyrus/Favonius (west)
Anagrams
• sea orb
Etymology
Noun
boreas (plural boreases)
(obsolete, poetic) The north wind.
Synonyms
• northerly
Antonyms
• auster
• southerly
Anagrams
• sea orb
Source: Wiktionary
Bo"re*as, n. Etym: [L. boreas, Gr. .]
Definition: The north wind; -- usually a personification.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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