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.
CHECKER
checker, chequer
(noun) one of the flat round pieces used in playing the game of checkers
checker
(noun) one who checks the correctness of something
checker
(noun) an attendant who checks coats or baggage
checker, chequer
(verb) variegate with different colors, shades, or patterns
check, checker, chequer
(verb) mark into squares or draw squares on; draw crossed lines on
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology 1
Noun
checker (plural checkers)
One who checks or verifies something.
One who makes a check mark.
The clerk who tallies cost of purchases and accepts payment.
One who hinders or stops something.
Etymology 2
Noun
checker (plural checkers)
A playing piece in the game of checkers (British: draughts).
A pattern of alternating colours as on a chessboard.
Verb
checker (third-person singular simple present checkers, present participle checkering, simple past and past participle checkered)
(transitive) To mark in a pattern of alternating light and dark positions, like a checkerboard.
(intransitive) To develop markings in a pattern of alternating light and dark positions, like a checkerboard.
Etymology 3
Noun
checker (plural checkers)
The fruit of the wild service tree or chequer tree, Photinia villosa, syn. Sorbus terminalis
Usage notes
• Almost always spelled chequer, because the tree itself is native to areas where that spelling is used, and is pretty much unknown in areas that use the other spelling.
Anagrams
• recheck
Source: Wiktionary
Check"er, n. Etym: [From Check, v. t.]
Definition: One who checks.
Check"er, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Checkered; p. pr. & vb. n. Checkering.] Etym: [From OF. eschequier a chessboard, F. échiquier. See Check, n., and cf. 3d Checker.]
1. To mark with small squares like a checkerboard, as by crossing stripes of different colors.
2. To variegate or diversify with different qualities, color, scenes, or events; esp., to subject to frequent alternations of prosterity and adversity. Our minds are, as it were, checkered with truth and falsehood. Addison.
Check"er, n. Etym: [OF. eschequier. See Checker, v. t.]
1. A piece in the game of draughts or checkers.
2. A pattern in checks; a single check.
3. Checkerwork.
Note: This word is also written chequer.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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