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.
FLEAM
Etymology 1
Noun
fleam (plural fleams)
A sharp instrument used to open a vein, to lance gums, or the like.
Hypernyms
• (sharp instrument): lancet
Etymology 2
Noun
fleam (plural fleams)
(UK, dialectal, Northern England) The watercourse or runoff from a mill; millstream
(UK, dialectal, Northern England) A large trench or gully cut into a meadow in order to drain it
Anagrams
• femal, flame
Source: Wiktionary
Fleam, n. Etym: [F. flamme, OF. flieme, fr. LL. flevotomum, phlebotomum; cf. D. vlijm. See Phlebotomy.] (Surg. & Far.)
Definition: A sharp instrument used for opening veins, lancing gums, etc.; a kind of lancet. Fleam tooth, a tooth of a saw shaped like an isosceles triangle; a peg tooth. Knight.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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