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.
GNARL
knot, gnarl
(noun) something twisted and tight and swollen; “their muscles stood out in knots”; “the old man’s fists were two great gnarls”; “his stomach was in knots”
murmur, mutter, grumble, croak, gnarl
(verb) make complaining remarks or noises under one’s breath; “she grumbles when she feels overworked”
gnarl
(verb) twist into a state of deformity; “The wind has gnarled this old tree”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology 1
Noun
gnarl (plural gnarls)
A knot in wood; a large or hard knot, or a protuberance with twisted grain, on a tree.
Something resembling a knot in wood, such as in stone or limbs.
Verb
gnarl (third-person singular simple present gnarls, present participle gnarling, simple past and past participle gnarled)
(transitive) To knot or twist something.
Adjective
gnarl
Gnarled, knotty, twisted.
Etymology 2
Onomatopoeic.
Verb
gnarl (third-person singular simple present gnarls, present participle gnarling, simple past and past participle gnarled)
(intransitive) To snarl or growl; to gnar.
Source: Wiktionary
Gnarl, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Gnarled; p. pr. & vb. n. Gnarling.] Etym: [From older gnar, prob. of imitative origin; cf. G. knarren, knurren. D. knorren, Sw. knorra, Dan. knurre.]
Definition: To growl; to snarl. And wolves are gnarling who shall gnaw thee first. Shak.
Gnarl, n. Etym: [See Gnar, n.]
Definition: a knot in wood; a large or hard knot, or a protuberance with twisted grain, on a tree.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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