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.
FESCUE
fescue, fescue grass, meadow fescue, Festuca elatior
(noun) grass with wide flat leaves cultivated in Europe and America for permanent pasture and hay and for lawns
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
fescue (countable and uncountable, plural fescues)
(countable) A straw, wire, stick, etc, used chiefly to point out letters to children when learning to read.
A hardy grass commonly used to border golf fairways in temperate climates. Any member of the genus Festuca.
(countable) An instrument for playing on the harp; a plectrum.
(countable) The style of a sundial.
Verb
fescue (third-person singular simple present fescues, present participle fescuing, simple past and past participle fescued)
To use a fescue, or teach with a fescue.
Source: Wiktionary
Fes"cue, n. Etym: [OE. festu, OF. festu, F. fétu, fr. L. festuca stalk, straw.]
1. A straw, wire, stick, etc., used chiefly to point out letters to children when learning to read. "Pedantic fescue.' Sterne. To come under the fescue of an imprimatur. Milton.
2. An instrument for playing on the harp; a plectrum. [Obs.] Chapman.
3. The style of a dial. [Obs.]
4. (Bot.)
Definition: A grass of the genus Festuca. Fescue grass (Bot.), a genus of grasses (Festuca) containing several species of importance in agriculture. Festuca ovina is sheep's fescue; F. elatior is meadow fescue.
Fes"cue, v. i. & t. [imp. & p. p. Fescued; p. pr. & vb. n. Fescuing.]
Definition: To use a fescue, or teach with a fescue. Milton.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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