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.
grimalkin (plural grimalkins)
A cat, especially an elderly female.
(archaic) A bad-tempered old woman; a crone.
• (bad-tempered old woman): See old woman
Source: Wiktionary
Gri*mal"kin, n. Etym: [For graymalkin; gray + malkin.]
Definition: An old cat, esp. a she-cat. J. Philips.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
25 November 2024
(noun) infestation with slender threadlike roundworms (filaria) deposited under the skin by the bite of black fleas; when the eyes are involved it can result in blindness; common in Africa and tropical America
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.