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.
LURES
LURE
bait, decoy, lure
(noun) something used to lure fish or other animals into danger so they can be trapped or killed
lure, enticement, come-on
(noun) qualities that attract by seeming to promise some kind of reward
bait, come-on, hook, lure, sweetener
(noun) anything that serves as an enticement
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Noun
lures
plural of lure
Anagrams
• Ruels, Rules, luser, rules
Source: Wiktionary
LURE
Lure, n. Etym: [OF. loire, loirre, loerre, F. leurre lure, decoy; of German origin; cf. MHG. luoder, G. luder lure, carrion.]
1. A contrivance somewhat resembling a bird, and often baited with raw meat; -- used by falconers in recalling hawks. Shak.
2. Any enticement; that which invites by the prospect of advantage or pleasure; a decoy. Milton.
3. (Hat Making)
Definition: A velvet smoothing brush. Knight.
Lure, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Lured; p. pr. & vb. n. Luring.] Etym: [OF. loirer, loirier, F. leurrer. See Lure, n.]
Definition: To draw to the lure; hence, to allure or invite by means of anything that promises pleasure or advantage; to entice; to attract. I am not lured with love. Piers Plowman. And various science lures the learned eye. Gay.
Lure, v. i.
Definition: To recall a hawk or other animal.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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