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.
LASCAR
Lascar
(noun) a volcano in the Andes in Chile
lascar
(noun) an East Indian sailor
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
lascar (plural lascars)
A sailor, army servant or artilleryman from India or Southeast Asia.
Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the Asian genera Pantoporia and Lasippa.
Anagrams
• Claars, Rascal, craals, rascal, sacral, sarlac, scalar
Source: Wiktionary
Las"car, n. Etym: [Per. & Hind. lashkar an army, an inferior artillery man, a cooly, a native sailor.]
Definition: A native sailor, employed in European vessels; also, a menial employed about arsenals, camps, camps, etc.; a camp follower. [East Indies]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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