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.
LEDGES
Noun
ledges
plural of ledge
Anagrams
• Sledge, edgels, gledes, gleeds, sledge
Source: Wiktionary
LEDGE
Ledge, n. Etym: [Akin to AS. licgan to lie, Icel. liggja; cf. Icel. lögg the ledge or rim at the bottom of a cask. See Lie to be prostrate.] [Formerly written lidge.]
1. A shelf on which articles may be laid; also, that which resembles such a shelf in form or use, as a projecting ridge or part, or a molding or edge in joinery.
2. A shelf, ridge, or reef, of rocks.
3. A layer or stratum. The lowest ledge or row should be of stone. Sir H. Wotton.
4. (Mining)
Definition: A lode; a limited mass of rock bearing valuable mineral.
5. (Shipbuilding)
Definition: A piece of timber to support the deck, placed athwartship between beams.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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