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.
GNASH
gnash
(verb) grind together, of teeth
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
gnash (third-person singular simple present gnashes, present participle gnashing, simple past and past participle gnashed)
(transitive) To grind (one's teeth) in pain or in anger.
(transitive) To grind between the teeth.
(Geordie) To run away.
Noun
gnash (plural gnashes)
A sudden snapping of the teeth.
Anagrams
• Ghans, Shang, hangs
Source: Wiktionary
Gnash, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Gnashed; p. pr. & vb. n. Gnashing.] Etym: [OE. gnasten, gnaisten, cf. Icel. gnastan a gnashing, gn to gnash, Dan.knaske, Sw. gnissla, D. knarsen, G. knirschen.]
Definition: To strike together, as in anger or pain; as, to gnash the teeth.
Gnash, v. i.
Definition: To grind or strike the teeth together. There they him laid, Gnashing for anguish, and despite, and shame. Milton.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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