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.
DEXTER
dexter
(adjective) on or starting from the wearer’s right
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Proper noun
Dexter
An occupational surname for a female dyer.
Any of a number of places in the U.S.A. and Canada, named for persons with the surname.
A male given name from surnames.
Noun
Dexter (plural Dexters)
One of a breed of small hardy cattle originating from the Kerry breed of Ireland, valuable for beef and milk. They are usually chiefly black, sometimes red, and somewhat resemble a small shorthorn in build.
Etymology
Adjective
dexter (not comparable)
Right; on the right-hand side.
Noun
dexter (plural dexters)
(heraldry) The right side of a shield from the wearer's standpoint, and the left side to the viewer.
The right hand.
Source: Wiktionary
Dex"ter, a. Etym: [L.,; akin to Gr. dakshi (cf. daksh to be strong, suit); Goth. taihswa, OHG. zeso. Cf. Dexterous.]
1. Pertaining to, or situated on, the right hand; right, as opposed to sinister, or left. On sounding wings a dexter eagle flew. Pope.
2. (Her.)
Definition: On the right-hand side of a shield, i. e., towards the right hand of its wearer. To a spectator in front, as in a pictorial representation, this would be the left side. Dexter chief, or Dexter point (Her.), a point in the dexter upper corner of the shield, being in the dexter extremity of the chief, as A in the cut.
– Dexter base, a point in the dexter lower part or base of the shield, as B in the cut.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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RIGHT
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