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.
KIPE
Etymology
Noun
kipe (plural kipes)
An osier basket used for catching fish.
Upturned lower jaw of a male salmon at the end of its life as it returns to fresh water to spawn.
Verb
kipe (third-person singular simple present kipes, present participle kiping, simple past and past participle kiped)
(slang) to steal
Anagrams
• Pike, kepi, pike
Source: Wiktionary
Kipe, n. Etym: [Cf. OE. kipen to catch, Icel. kippa to pull, snatch. Cf. Kipper.]
Definition: An osier basket used for catching fish. [Prov. Eng.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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