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.
CURDLE
curdle
(verb) turn from a liquid to a solid mass; “his blood curdled”
curdle
(verb) go bad or sour; “The milk curdled”
curdle, clabber, clot
(verb) turn into curds; “curdled milk”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
curdle (third-person singular simple present curdles, present participle curdling, simple past and past participle curdled)
(ambitransitive) To form curds so that it no longer flows smoothly; to cause to form such curds. (usually said of milk)
(ambitransitive) To clot or coagulate; to cause to congeal, such as through cold. (metaphorically of blood)
(transitive) To cause a liquid to spoil and form clumps so that it no longer flows smoothly
Anagrams
• crudle, curled
Source: Wiktionary
Cur"dle (kr"d'l), v. i. Etym: [From Curd.] [Sometimes written crudle and cruddle.]
1. To change into curd; to coagulate; as, rennet causes milk to curdle. Thomson.
2. To thicken; to congeal. Then Mary could feel her heart's blood curdle cold. Southey.
Cur"dle, v. t. [imp. & p.p. Curdled (-d'ld); p.pr. & vb. n. Curdling (-dlng).]
1. To change into curd; to cause to coagulate. "To curdle whites of eggs" Boyle.
2. To congeal or thicken. My chill blood is curdled in my veins. Dryden.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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