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.
DANDRUFF
dandruff
(noun) loose scales shed from the scalp; “I could see the dandruff on her shoulders”
dandruff
(noun) a condition in which white scales of dead skin are shed by the scalp
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
dandruff (usually uncountable, plural dandruffs)
Scaly white dead skin flakes from the human scalp; Pityriasis capitis.
Verb
dandruff (third-person singular simple present dandruffs, present participle dandruffing, simple past and past participle dandruffed)
To fall or cover with white flakes, like dandruff.
Source: Wiktionary
Dandruff, n. Etym: [Prob. from W. toncrust, peel, skin + AS. dr dirty, draffy, or W. drwg bad: cf. AS. tan a letter, an eruption. sq. root240.]
Definition: A scurf which forms on the head, and comes off in small or particles. [Written also dandriff.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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