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.
FOOZLE
Etymology
Verb
foozle (third-person singular simple present foozles, present participle foozling, simple past and past participle foozled)
To do something clumsily or awkwardly; to bungle.
Noun
foozle (plural foozles)
A fogey.
A mistaken shot in golf.
(video games, slang) The final boss character in a game.
Source: Wiktionary
Foo"zle, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. Foozled; p. pr. & vb. n. Foozling.] [Cf. G. fuseln to work badly or slowly.]
Definition: To bungle; to manage awkwardly; to treat or play unskillfully; as, to foozle a stroke in golf.
She foozles all along the course. Century Mag.
Foo"zle, n.
1. A stupid fellow; a fogy. [Colloq.]
2. Act of foozling; a bungling stroke, as in golf.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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