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.
CROMORNA
Etymology
Noun
cromorna (plural cromornas)
An organ's reed stop of a quality of tone resembling that of the oboe.
Source: Wiktionary
Cro*mor"na (kr-mr"n), n. Etym: [F. cromorne (cf. It. cromorno0, fr. G. krummhorn crooked horn, cornet, an organ pipe turned like a trumpet; krumm crooked + horn horn.] (Mus.)
Definition: A certain reed stop in the organ, of a quality of tone resembling that of the oboe. [Corruptly written cromona.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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