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.
GASHER
Etymology
Noun
gasher (plural gashers)
One who gashes.
Anagrams
• Hagers, gerahs
Source: Wiktionary
GASH
Gash, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Gashed; p. pr. & vb. n. Gashing.] Etym: [For older garth or garse, OF. garser to scarify, F. gercer to chap, perh. from an assumed LL. carptiare, fr. L. carpere, carptum, to pluck, separate into parts; cf. LL. carptare to wound. Cf. Carpet.]
Definition: To make a gash, or long, deep incision in; -- applied chiefly to incisions in flesh. Grievously gashed or gored to death. Hayward.
Gash, n.
Definition: A deep and long cut; an incision of considerable length and depth, particularly in flesh.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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