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.
FLETCH
Etymology
Noun
fletch (plural fletches)
(archery) The vane toward the back of an arrow, used to stabilise the arrow during flight.
(fisheries) A large boneless fillet of halibut, swordfish or tuna.
Synonyms
• (vane of arrow): feather, flight
Verb
fletch (third-person singular simple present fletches, present participle fletching, simple past and past participle fletched)
(transitive) To feather, as an arrow.
Source: Wiktionary
Fletch, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Fletched; p. pr. & vb. n. Fletching.] Etym: [F. flèche arrow.]
Definition: To feather, as an arrow. Bp. Warburton. [Congress] fletched their complaint, by adding: "America loved his brother." Bancroft.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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