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.
HERISSON
Etymology
Noun
herisson (plural herissons)
A beam or bar armed with iron spikes, and turning on a pivot, used to block up a passage.
(heraldiccharge) A hedgehog.
Source: Wiktionary
Her"is*son, n. Etym: [F. hérisson, prop., hedgehog.] (fort.)
Definition: A beam or bar armed with iron spikes, and turning on a pivot; - - used to block up a passage.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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