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.
DERAY
Etymology
Noun
deray
(obsolete) Disorder, disturbance.
(archaic) Disarray, confusion.
(obsolete) Disorderly merriment; partying.
Verb
deray (third-person singular simple present derays, present participle deraying, simple past and past participle derayed)
(archaic, transitive) To derange.
(archaic, intransitive) To become deranged; to go wild.
Anagrams
• Ready, dayer, deary, rayed, ready, yeard
Source: Wiktionary
De*ray", n. Etym: [OF. derroi, desroi, desrei; pref. des- (L. dis-) + roi, rei, rai, order. See Array.]
Definition: Disorder; merriment. [Obs.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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