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.
crannies
plural of cranny
• narceins
Source: Wiktionary
Cran"ny (krn"n), n.; pl. Crannies (-n. Etym: [F. cran notch, prob. from L. crena (a doubful word).]
1. A small, narrow opening, fissure, crevice, or chink, as in a wall, or other substance. In a firm building, the cavities ought not to be filled with rubbish, but with brick or stone fitted to the crannies. Dryden. He peeped into every cranny. Arbuthnot.
2. (Glass Making)
Definition: A tool for forming the necks of bottles, etc.
Cran"ny, v. i. [imp & p. p. Crannied (-nd); p. pr. & vb. n. Crannying.]
1. To crack into, or become full of, crannies. [R.] The ground did cranny everywhere. Golding.
2. To haunt, or enter by, crannies. All tenantless, save to the cranning wind. Byron.
Cran"ny, a. Etym: [Perh. for cranky. See Crank, a. ]
Definition: Quick; giddy; thoughtless. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
6 June 2025
(noun) wit having a sharp and caustic quality; “he commented with typical pungency”; “the bite of satire”
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.