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.
EMBALE
Etymology
Verb
embale (third-person singular simple present embales, present participle embaling, simple past and past participle embaled)
(obsolete, transitive) To make up into a bale or pack.
(obsolete, transitive) To bind up; to enclose.
Anagrams
• Ambele, mabele
Source: Wiktionary
Em*bale", v. t. Etym: [F. emballer; pref. em- (L. in) + balle bale. See 1st Bale.] [Obs.]
1. To make up into a bale or pack. Johnson.
2. To bind up; to inclose. Legs . . . embaled in golden buskins. Spenser.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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