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.
GLIMMER
inkling, intimation, glimmering, glimmer
(noun) a slight suggestion or vague understanding; “he had no inkling what was about to happen”
gleam, gleaming, glimmer
(noun) a flash of light (especially reflected light)
gleam, glimmer
(verb) shine brightly, like a star or a light
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
glimmer (plural glimmers)
A faint light; a dim glow.
A flash of light.
A faint or remote possibility.
(dated) mica
Synonyms
• (flash of light): sparkle
Verb
glimmer (third-person singular simple present glimmers, present participle glimmering, simple past and past participle glimmered)
(intransitive) To shine with a faint, unsteady light.
Synonyms
• (shine with faint unsteady light): flicker, shimmer, twinkle
Source: Wiktionary
Glim"mer, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Glimmered; p. pr. & vb. n. Glimmering.] Etym: [Akin to G. glimmer a faint, trembling light, mica, glimmern to glimmer, glimmen to shine faintly, glow, Sw. glimma, Dan. glimre, D. glimmen, glimpen. See Gleam a ray, and cf. Glimpse.]
Definition: To give feeble or scattered rays of light; to shine faintly; to show a faint, unsteady light; as, the glimmering dawn; a glimmering lamp. The west yet glimmers with some streaks of day. Shak.
Syn.
– To gleam; to glitter. See Gleam, Flash.
Glim"mer, n.
1. A faint, unsteady light; feeble, scattered rays of light; also, a gleam. Gloss of satin and glimmer of pearls. Tennyson.
2. Mica. See Mica. Woodsward. Glimmer gowk, an owl. [Prov. Eng.] Tennyson.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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