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.
FOUNDERING
foundering, going under
(noun) (of a ship) sinking
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Verb
foundering
present participle of founder
Noun
foundering (plural founderings)
The act by which a vessel founders.
Anagrams
• refounding
Source: Wiktionary
FOUNDER
Found"er, n. Etym: [Cf. OF. fondeor, F. fondateur, L. fundator.]
Definition: One who founds, establishes, and erects; one who lays a foundation; an author; one from whom anything originates; one who endows.
Found"er, n. Etym: [From Found to cast.]
Definition: One who founds; one who casts metals in various forms; a caster; as, a founder of cannon, bells, hardware, or types. Fonder's dust. Same as Facing, 4.
– Founder's sand, a kind of sand suitable for purposes of molding.
Found"er, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Foundered; p. pr. & vb. n. Foundering.] Etym: [OF. fondrer to fall in, cf. F. s'effondrer, fr. fond bottom, L. fundus. See Found to establish.]
1. (Naut.)
Definition: To become filled with water, and sink, as a ship.
2. To fall; to stumble and go lame, as a horse. For which his horse fearé gan to turn, And leep aside, and foundrede as he leep. Chaucer.
3. To fail; to miscarry. "All his tricks founder." Shak.
Found"er, v. t.
Definition: To cause internal inflammation and soreness in the feet or limbs of (a horse), so as to disable or lame him.
Found"er, n. (Far.) (a) A lameness in the foot of a horse, occasioned by inflammation; closh. (b) An inflammatory fever of the body, or acute rheumatism; as, chest founder. See Chest ffounder. James White.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
Word of the Day
12 June 2025
RAREFACTION
(noun) a decrease in the density of something; “a sound wave causes periodic rarefactions in its medium”
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