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.
LAVES
Verb
laves
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of lave
Anagrams
• 'alves, Alves, Elvas, Levas, Selva, Slave, Slavé, Veals, avels, evals, salve, selva, slave, vales, valse, veals
Source: Wiktionary
LAVE
Lave, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Laved; p. pr. & vb. n. Laving.] Etym: [F. laver, L. lavare, akin to luere to wash, Gr. Ablution, Deluge, Lavender, Lava, Lotion.]
Definition: To wash; to bathe; as, to lave a bruise. His feet the foremost breakers lave. Byron.
Lave, v. i.
Definition: To bathe; to wash one's self. In her chaste current oft the goddess laves. Pope.
Lave, v. t. Etym: [OE. laven. See Lavish.]
Definition: To lade, dip, or pour out. [Obs.] Dryden.
Lave, n. Etym: [AS. laf the remainder, what is left. Leave.]
Definition: The remainder; others. [Scot.] Bp. Hall.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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