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.
LANCETS
Noun
lancets
plural of lancet
Anagrams
• Stancel, cantels, cantles, centals, scantle
Proper noun
Lancets
plural of Lancet
Anagrams
• Stancel, cantels, cantles, centals, scantle
Source: Wiktionary
LANCET
Lan"cet, n. Etym: [F. lancette, dim. of lance lance. See Lance.]
1. A surgical instrument of various forms, commonly sharp-pointed and two-edged, used in venesection, and in opening abscesses, etc.
2. (Metal.)
Definition: An iron bar used for tapping a melting furnace. Knight. Lancet arch (Arch.), a pointed arch, of which the width, or span, is narrow compared with the height.
– Lancet architecture, a name given to a style of architecture, in which lancet arches are common; -- peculiar to England and 13th century.
– Lancet fish. (Zoöl.) (a) A large, voracious, deep-sea fish (Alepidosaurus ferox), having long, sharp, lancetlike teeth. (b) The doctor, or surgeon fish.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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