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.
DAGGER
dagger, sticker
(noun) a short knife with a pointed blade used for piercing or stabbing
dagger, obelisk
(noun) a character used in printing to indicate a cross reference or footnote
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology 1
Noun
dagger (plural daggers)
(weapons) A stabbing weapon, similar to a sword but with a short, double-edged blade.
(typography) The text character †; the obelus.
(basketball, American football) a point scored near the end of the game (clutch time) to take or increase the scorer's team lead, so that they are likely to win
Synonyms
• (stabbing weapon): dirk, knife
• (text character): obelisk, obelus
• (anything that causes pain like a dagger) barb
Verb
dagger (third-person singular simple present daggers, present participle daggering, simple past and past participle daggered)
To pierce with a dagger; to stab.
Etymology 2
Noun
dagger (plural daggers)
A timber placed diagonally in a ship's frame.
Anagrams
• dragge, ragged
Noun
Dagger (plural Daggers)
(soccer) A player, supporter or other person connected with Dagenham & Redbridge Football Club.
Anagrams
• dragge, ragged
Source: Wiktionary
Dag"ger, n. Etym: [Cf. OE. daggen to pierce, F. daguer. See Dag a dagger.]
1. A short weapon used for stabbing. This is the general term: cf. Poniard, Stiletto, Bowie knife, Dirk, Misericorde, Anlace.
2. (Print.)
Definition: A mark of reference in the form of a dagger [|]. It is the second in order when more than one reference occurs on a page; -- called also obelisk. Dagger moth (Zoöl.), any moth of the genus Apatalea. The larvæ are often destructive to the foliage of fruit trees, etc.
– Dagger of lath, the wooden weapon given to the Vice in the old Moralities. Shak.
– Double dagger, a mark of reference [||] which comes next in order after the dagger.
– To look, or speak, daggers, to look or speak fiercely or reproachfully.
Dag"ger, v. t.
Definition: To pierce with a dagger; to stab. [Obs.]
Dag"ger, n. Etym: [Perh. from diagonal.]
Definition: A timber placed diagonally in a ship's frame. Knight.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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