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.
HOBBLE
hitch, hobble, limp
(noun) the uneven manner of walking that results from an injured leg
fetter, hobble
(noun) a shackle for the ankles or feet
hopple, hobble
(verb) strap the foreleg and hind leg together on each side (of a horse) in order to keep the legs on the same side moving in unison; “hobble race horses”
limp, gimp, hobble, hitch
(verb) walk impeded by some physical limitation or injury; “The old woman hobbles down to the store every day”
hobble
(verb) hamper the action or progress of; “The chairman was hobbled by the all-powerful dean”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
hobble (plural hobbles)
(mostly, in the plural) One of the short straps tied between the legs of unfenced horses, allowing them to wander short distances but preventing them from running off.
An unsteady, off-balance step.
A difficult situation; a scrape.
(dialect, UK and Newfoundland) An odd job; a piece of casual work.
Synonyms
• tether (rope)
Verb
hobble (third-person singular simple present hobbles, present participle hobbling, simple past and past participle hobbled)
To fetter by tying the legs; to restrict (a horse) with hobbles.
To walk lame, or unevenly.
(figurative) To move roughly or irregularly.
• William Wordsworth, The White Doe of Rylstone
To perplex; to embarrass.
Anagrams
• hobbel
Source: Wiktionary
Hob"ble, n. i. [imp. & p. p. Hobbled; p. pr. & vb. n. Hobbling.] Etym: [OE. hobelen, hoblen, freq. of hoppen to hop; akin to D. hobbelen, hoblen, hoppeln. See Hop to jump, and cf. Hopple ]
1. To walk lame, bearing chiefly on one leg; to walk with a hitch or hop, or with crutches. The friar was hobbling the same way too. Dryden.
2. To move roughly or irregularly; -- said of style in writing. Prior. The hobbling versification, the mean diction. Jeffreys.
Hob"ble, v. t.
1. To fetter by tying the legs; to hopple; to clog. " They hobbled their horses." Dickens
2. To perplex; to embarrass.
Hob"ble, n.
1. An unequal gait; a limp; a halt; as, he has a hobble in his gait. Swift.
2. Same as Hopple.
3. Difficulty; perplexity; embarrassment. Waterton.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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