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.
JINGLED
Verb
jingled
simple past tense and past participle of jingle
Source: Wiktionary
JINGLE
Jin"gle, v. i. Etym: [OE. gingelen, ginglen; prob. akin to E. chink; cf. also E. jangle.]
1. To sound with a fine, sharp, rattling, clinking, or tinkling sound; as, sleigh bells jingle. [Written also gingle.]
2. To rhyme or sound with a jingling effect. "Jingling street ballads." Macaulay.
Jin"gle, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Jingled; p. pr. & vb. n. Jingling.]
Definition: To cause to give a sharp metallic sound as a little bell, or as coins shaken together; to tinkle. The bells she jingled, and the whistle blew. Pope.
Jin"gle, n.
1. A rattling, clinking, or tinkling sound, as of little bells or pieces of metal.
2. That which makes a jingling sound, as a rattle. If you plant where savages are, do not only entertain them with trifles and jingles,but use them justly. Bacon.
3. A correspondence of sound in rhymes, especially when the verse has little merit; hence, the verse itself." The least jingle of verse." Guardian. Jingle shell. See Gold shell (b), under Gold.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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