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.
HOWS
Proper noun
Hows
plural of How
Anagrams
• Show, show, who's, whos
Noun
hows
plural of how
Anagrams
• Show, show, who's, whos
Source: Wiktionary
HOW
How, adv. Etym: [OE. how, hou, hu, hwu, AS. h, from the same root as hwa, hwæt, who, what, pron. interrog.; akin to OS. hwow, D. hoe, cf. G. wie how, Goth. hwe wherewith, hwaiwa how. sq. root182. See Who, and cf. Why.]
1. In what manner or way; by what means or process. How can a man be born when he is old John iii. 4.
2. To what degree or extent, number or amount; in what proportion; by what measure or quality. O, how love I thy law! it is my meditation all the day. Ps. cxix. 97. By how much they would diminish the present extent of the sea, so much they would impair the fertility, and fountains, and rivers of the earth. Bentley.
3. For what reason; from what cause. How now, my love! why is your cheek so pale Shak.
4. In what state, condition, or plight. How, and with what reproach, shall I return Dryden.
5. By what name, designation, or title. How art thou called Shak.
6. At what price; how dear. [Obs.] How a score of ewes now Shak.
Note: How is used in each sense, interrogatively, interjectionally, and relatively; it is also often employed to emphasize an interrogation or exclamation. "How are the mighty fallen!" 2 Sam. i. 27. Sometimes, also, it is used as a noun; -- as, the how, the when, the wherefore. Shelley. Let me beg you -- don't say "How" for "What" Holmes.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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