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.
CERUSE
Etymology
Noun
ceruse (uncountable)
White lead, a hydrate of lead mixed with carbonate, formerly used as a white pigment, in cosmetics, and for medical purposes.
Anagrams
• Creuse, Rescue, cereus, cursee, recuse, rescue, secuer, secure
Source: Wiktionary
Ce"ruse, n. Etym: [F. céruse, L. cerussa.]
1. White lead, used as a pigment. See White lead, under White.
2. A cosmetic containing white lead. To distinguish ceruse from natural bloom. Macaulay.
3. (Min.)
Definition: The native carbonate of lead.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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