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.
COLLINGS
Etymology
From Colling, diminutive of Cole and Coll, + patronymic suffix -s.
Proper noun
Collings
A patronymic surname.
Source: Wiktionary
COLLING
Coll"ing, n. Etym: [From Coll, v. t.]
Definition: An embrace; dalliance. [Obs.] Halliwell.
COLL
Coll, v. t. Etym: [OF. coler, fr. L. collum neck.]
Definition: To embrace. [Obs.] "They coll and kiss him." Latimer.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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ACRIMONIOUS
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