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.
LEETS
Noun
leets
plural of leet
Anagrams
• Steel, Teels, Teles, Ts'e-le, sleet, steel, stele, stelè, stélé, teles
Proper noun
Leets
plural of Leet
Anagrams
• Steel, Teels, Teles, Ts'e-le, sleet, steel, stele, stelè, stélé, teles
Source: Wiktionary
LEET
Leet, obs. imp.
Definition: of Let, to allow. Chaucer.
Leet n. Etym: [Cf. AS. hl share, lot.]
Definition: A portion; a list, esp. a list of candidates for an office. [Scot.]
Leet, n. Etym: [LL.leta. Cf. F. lit de justice a solemn sitting of the king in Parliament, L. lis, litis, a lawsuit, It., Sp., & Pg. lite.] (Eng. Hist.)
Definition: A court-leet; the district within the jurisdiction of a court- leet; the day on which a court-leet is held. Shak.
Note: The original intent of the court-leet was to view the frankpledges or freemen within the liberty; hence called the view of frankpledge. Latterly it has fallen into almost entire disuse. Burrill. Warren's Blackstone. Leet ale, a feast or merrymaking in time of leet. [Obs.]
Leet, n. Etym: [Etymol. uncertain.] (Zoöl.)
Definition: The European pollock.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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