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.
FERE
Etymology 1
Noun
fere (plural feres)
(dialectal or obsolete) A companion, comrade or friend.
(archaic) A spouse; an animal's mate.
Etymology 2
Adjective
fere (comparative more fere, superlative most fere)
(obsolete) Fierce.
Anagrams
• -free, Free, feer, free, reef
Source: Wiktionary
Fere, n. Etym: [OE. fere companion, AS. gefera, from feran to go, travel, faran to travel. sq. root78. See Fare.]
Definition: A mate or companion; -- often used of a wife. [Obs.] [Written also fear and feere.] Chaucer. And Cambel took Cambrina to his fere. Spenser. In fere, together; in company. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Fere, a. Etym: [Cf. L. ferus wild.]
Definition: Fierce. [Obs.]
Fere, n. Etym: [See Fire.]
Definition: Fire. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Fere, n. Etym: [See Fear.]
Definition: Fear. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Fere, v. t. & i.
Definition: To fear. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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