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.
GIMLET
auger, gimlet, screw auger, wimble
(noun) hand tool for boring holes
gimlet
(noun) a cocktail made of gin or vodka and lime juice
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
gimlet (plural gimlets)
A small screw-tipped tool for boring holes.
Coordinate terms: auger, awl, drill
A cocktail, usually made with gin and lime juice.
Coordinate term: martini
Verb
gimlet (third-person singular simple present gimlets, present participle gimletting or gimleting, simple past and past participle gimletted or gimleted)
To pierce or bore holes (as if using a gimlet).
(nautical, transitive) To turn round (an anchor) as if turning a gimlet.
Source: Wiktionary
Gim"let, n. [Also written and pronounced gimbled (] Etym: [OF. guimbelet, guibelet, F. gibelet, prob. fr. OD. wimpel, weme, a bore, wemelen to bore, to wimble. See Wimble, n.]
Definition: A small tool for boring holes. It has a leading screw, a grooved body, and a cross handle. Gimlet eye, a squint-eye. [Colloq.] Wright.
Gim"let, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Gimleted; p. pr. & vb. n. Gimleting.]
1. To pierce or make with a gimlet.
2. (Naut.)
Definition: To turn round (an anchor) by the stock, with a motion like turning a gimlet.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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