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.
HOARING
Verb
hoaring
present participle of hoar
Source: Wiktionary
HOAR
Hoar, a. Etym: [OE. hor, har, AS. har; akin to Icel. harr, and to OHG. her illustrious, magnificent; cf. Icel. Heiedh brightness of the sky, Goth. hais torch, Skr. ketus light, torch. Cf. Hoary.]
1. White, or grayish white: as, hoar frost; hoar cliffs. "Hoar waters." Spenser.
2. Gray or white with age; hoary. Whose beard with age is hoar. Coleridge. Old trees with trunks all hoar. Byron.
3. Musty; moldy; stale. [Obs.] Shak.
Hoar, n.
Definition: Hoariness; antiquity. [R.] Covered with the awful hoar of innumerable ages. Burke.
Hoar, v. t. Etym: [AS. harian to grow gray.]
Definition: To become moldy or musty. [Obs.] Shak.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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