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.
LOOMS
Noun
looms
plural of loom
Verb
looms
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of loom
Anagrams
• mools, osmol, slo mo, slo-mo, slomo, sloom
Source: Wiktionary
LOOM
Loom, n. (Zoöl.)
Definition: See Loon, the bird.
Loom, n. Etym: [OE. lome, AS. gel utensil, implement.]
1. A frame or machine of wood or other material, in which a weaver forms cloth out of thread; a machine for interweaving yarn or threads into a fabric, as in knitting or lace making. Hector, when he sees Andromache overwhelmed with terror, sends her for consolation to the loom and the distaff. Rambler.
2. (Naut.)
Definition: That part of an oar which is near the grip or handle and inboard from the rowlock. Totten.
Loom, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Loomed; p. pr. & vb. n. Looming.] Etym: [OE. lumen to shine, Icel. ljoma; akin to AS. leóma light, and E. light; or cf. OF. lumer to shine, L. luminare to illumine, lumen light; akin to E. light. Light not dark.]
1. To appear above the surface either of sea or land, or to appear enlarged, or distorted and indistinct, as a distant object, a ship at sea, or a mountain, esp. from atmospheric influences; as, the ship looms large; the land looms high. Awful she looms, the terror of the main. H. J. Pye.
2. To rise and to be eminent; to be elevated or ennobled, in a moral sense. On no occasion does he [Paul] loom so high, and shine so gloriously, as in the context. J. M. Mason.
Loom, n.
Definition: The state of looming; esp., an unnatural and indistinct appearance of elevation or enlargement of anything, as of land or of a ship, seen by one at sea.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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