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.
CRAPE
crepe, crape
(noun) a soft thin light fabric with a crinkled surface
crape, crepe, French pancake
(noun) small very thin pancake
crimp, crape, frizzle, frizz, kink up, kink
(verb) curl tightly; “crimp hair”
crape, crepe
(verb) cover or drape with crape; “crape the mirror”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
crape (countable and uncountable, plural crapes)
Alternative form of crepe (“a thin fabric, paper, or pancake”).
Mourning garments, especially an armband or hatband.
Verb
crape (third-person singular simple present crapes, present participle craping, simple past and past participle craped)
(transitive) To form into ringlets; to curl or crimp.
(transitive) To clothe in crape.
Anagrams
• Pacer, caper, pacer, recap
Source: Wiktionary
Crape (krp), n. Etym: [F. cr, fr. L. crispus curled, crisped. See Crisp.]
Definition: A thin, crimped stuff, made of raw silk gummed and twisted on the mill. Black crape is much used for mourning garments, also for the dress of some clergymen. A saint in crape is twice a saint in lawn. Pope. Crape myrtle (Bot.), a very ornamental shrub (Lagerströmia Indica) from the East Indies, often planted in the Southern United States. Its foliage is like that of the myrtle, and the flower has wavy crisped petals.
– Oriental crape. See Canton crape.
Crape, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Craped (krpt); p. pr. & vb.n. Craping.] Etym: [F. cr, fr. L. crispare to curl, crisp, fr. crispus. See Crape, n.]
Definition: To form into ringlets; to curl; to crimp; to friz; as, to crape the hair; to crape silk. The hour for curling and craping the hair. Mad. D'Arblay.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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