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.
GALLERY
drift, heading, gallery
(noun) a horizontal (or nearly horizontal) passageway in a mine; “they dug a drift parallel with the vein”
gallery
(noun) narrow recessed balcony area along an upper floor on the interior of a building; usually marked by a colonnade
gallery
(noun) a covered corridor (especially one extending along the wall of a building and supported with arches or columns)
gallery
(noun) a long usually narrow room used for some specific purpose; “shooting gallery”
gallery, art gallery, picture gallery
(noun) a room or series of rooms where works of art are exhibited
veranda, verandah, gallery
(noun) a porch along the outside of a building (sometimes partly enclosed)
gallery
(noun) spectators at a golf or tennis match
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
gallery (plural galleries)
An institution, building, or room for the exhibition and conservation of works of art.
An establishment that buys, sells, and displays works of art.
The uppermost seating area projecting from the rear or side walls of a theater, concert hall, or auditorium.
A roofed promenade, especially one extending along the wall of a building and supported by arches or columns on the outer side
The spectators of an event, collectively.
(computing) A browsable collection of images, font styles, etc.
(fortification) A covered passage cut through the earth or masonry.
(mining) a level or drive in a mine.
Verb
gallery (third-person singular simple present galleries, present participle gallerying, simple past and past participle galleried)
(Trinidad and Tobago) To show off
Anagrams
• allergy, largely, regally
Source: Wiktionary
Gal"ler*y, n.; pl Galleries. Etym: [F. galerie, It. galleria, fr. LL. galeria gallery, perh. orig., a festal hall, banquetting hall; cf. OF. galerie a rejoicing, fr. galer to rejoice. Cf. Gallant, a.]
1. A long and narrow corridor, or place for walking; a connecting passageway, as between one room and another; also, a long hole or passage excavated by a boring or burrowing animal.
2. A room for the exhibition of works of art; as, a picture gallery; hence, also, a large or important collection of paintings, sculptures, etc.
3. A long and narrow platform attached to one or more sides of public hall or the interior of a church, and supported by brackets or columns; -- sometimes intended to be occupied by musicians or spectators, sometimes designed merely to increase the capacity of the hall.
4. (Naut.)
Definition: A frame, like a balcony, projecting from the stern or quarter of a ship, and hence called stern galery or quarter gallry, -- seldom found in vessels built since 1850.
5. (Fort.)
Definition: Any communication which is covered overhead as well as at the sides. When prepared for defense, it is a defensive galery.
6. (Mining)
Definition: A working drift or level. Whispering gallery. See under Whispering.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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