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.
ENSEAM
Etymology
Verb
enseam (third-person singular simple present enseams, present participle enseaming, simple past and past participle enseamed)
(obsolete) To remove the surplus fat from a horse.
(obsolete) To sew or stitch up in a covering
Anagrams
• Ameens, Emesan, Naeems, Seeman, enemas, meanes, mensae, seamen
Source: Wiktionary
En*seam", v. t. Etym: [Pref. en- + seam suture. Cf. Inseam.]
Definition: To sew up; to inclose by a seam; hence, to include; to contain. Camden.
En*seam", v. t. Etym: [Pref. en- + seam grease.]
Definition: To cover with grease; to defile; to pollute. [Obs.] In the rank sweat of an enseamed bed. Shak.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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