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.
FLEMISHED
Verb
flemished
simple past tense and past participle of flemish
Source: Wiktionary
FLEMISH
Flem"ish, a.
Definition: Pertaining to Flanders, or the Flemings.
– n.
Definition: The language or dialect spoken by the Flemings; also, collectively, the people of Flanders. Flemish accounts (Naut.), short or deficient accounts. [Humorous]Ham. Nav. Encyc.
– Flemish beauty (Bot.), a well known pear. It is one of few kinds which have a red color on one side.
– Flemish bond. (Arch.) See Bond, n., 8.
– Flemish brick, a hard yellow paving brick.
– Flemish coil, a flat coil of rope with the end in the center and the turns lying against, without riding over, each other.
– Flemish eye (Naut.), an eye formed at the end of a rope by dividing the strands and lying them over each other.
– Flemish horse (Naut.), an additional footrope at the end of a yard.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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