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.
ELUDING
slip, elusion, eluding
(noun) the act of avoiding capture (especially by cunning)
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Verb
eluding
present participle of elude
Anagrams
• Legundi, dueling, indulge
Source: Wiktionary
ELUDE
E*lude", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Eluded; p. pr. & vb. n. Eluding.] Etym: [L. eludere, elusum; e + ludere to play: cf. F. éluder. See Ludicrous.]
Definition: To avoid slyly, by artifice, stratagem, or dexterity; to escape from in a covert manner; to mock by an unexpected escape; to baffle; as, to elude an officer; to elude detection, inquiry, search, comprehension; to elude the force of an argument or a blow. Me gentle Delia beckons from the plain, Then, hid in shades, eludes he eager swain. Pope. The transition from fetichism to polytheism seems a gradual process of which the stages elude close definition. Tylor.
Syn.
– To evade; avoid; escape; shun; eschew; flee; mock; baffle; frustrate; foil.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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