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.
DWALE
Etymology 1
Noun
dwale (countable and uncountable, plural dwales)
(obsolete) a sleeping-potion, especially one made from belladonna
belladonna itself, deadly nightshade; or some other soporific plant
error, delusion
(heraldry) a sable or black color.
(obsolete) A heretic.
Etymology 2
Verb
dwale (third-person singular simple present dwales, present participle dwaling, simple past and past participle dwaled)
To mutter deliriously
Anagrams
• Weald, lawed, waled, weald
Source: Wiktionary
Dwale, n. Etym: [OE. dwale, dwole, deception, deadly nightshade, AS. dwala, dwola, error, doubt; akin to E. dull. See Dull, a.]
1. (Bot.)
Definition: The deadly nightshade (Atropa Belladonna), having stupefying qualities.
2. (Her.)
Definition: The tincture sable or black when blazoned according to the fantastic system in which plants are substituted for the tinctures.
3. A sleeping potion; an opiate. Chaucer.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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