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.
LEAGUER
Etymology 1
Noun
leaguer (plural leaguers)
A siege
The camp of a besieging army; a camp in general.
A measure of liquid.
Verb
leaguer (third-person singular simple present leaguers, present participle leaguering, simple past and past participle leaguered)
(obsolete) To besiege; to beleaguer.
To set up camp.
Etymology 2
Noun
leaguer (plural leaguers)
(usually in compounds) A person in a league
Anagrams
• glue ear, regulae
Source: Wiktionary
Lea"guer, n. Etym: [D.leger camp, bed, couch, lair. See Lair, and cf.Beleaguer.]
1. The camp of a besieging army; a camp in general. b. Jonson.
2. A siege or beleaguering. [R.] Sir W. Scott.
Lea"guer, v. t.
Definition: To besiege; to beleaguer. [Obs.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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DOOMED
(adjective) marked by or promising bad fortune; “their business venture was doomed from the start”; “an ill-fated business venture”; “an ill-starred romance”; “the unlucky prisoner was again put in irons”- W.H.Prescott
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