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.
FERRANDINE
Etymology
Noun
ferrandine (countable and uncountable, plural ferrandines)
(historical) A kind of cloth made of silk and wool.
Source: Wiktionary
Fer*ran"dine ( or ), n. Etym: [F.; cf. OF. ferrant iron-gray, from L. ferrum iron.]
Definition: A stuff made of silk and wool. I did buy a colored silk ferrandine. Pepys.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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