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.
BOTE
Etymology
Noun
bote (plural botes) (legal, historical)
The atonement, compensation, amends, satisfaction; as, manbote, a compensation for a man slain.
A privilege or allowance of necessaries, especially in feudal times.
A right to take wood from property not one's own.
Usage notes
• Often used to form compounds indicating a right to take wood only for a specific purpose.
Synonyms
• estovers
Anagrams
• -to-be, Beto, Tebo, Tobe, beot, boet, to-be, tobe
Source: Wiktionary
Bote, n. Etym: [Old form of boot; -- used in composition. See 1st Boot.] (Law) (a) Compensation; amends; satisfaction; expiation; as, man bote, a compensation or a man slain. (b) Payment of any kind. Bouvier. (c) A privilege or allowance of necessaries.
Note: This word is still used in composition as equivalent to the French estovers, supplies, necessaries; as, housebote, a sufficiency of wood to repair a house, or for fuel, sometimes called firebote; so plowbote, cartbote, wood for making or repairing instruments of husbandry; haybote or hedgebote, wood for hedges, fences, etc. These were privileges enjoyed by tenants under the feudal system. Burrill. Bouvier. Blackstone.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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