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.
MARTINS
Noun
martins
plural of martin
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Proper noun
Martins
A surname derived from the given name Martin.
Proper noun
Martins
plural of Martin
Anagrams
• Rantism
Source: Wiktionary
MARTIN
Mar"tin, n. (Stone Working) Etym: [Etymol. uncertain.]
Definition: A perforated stone-faced runner for grinding.
Mar"tin, n. Etym: [F. martin, from the proper name Martin. Cf. Martlet.] (Zoöl.)
Definition: One of several species of swallows, usually having the tail less deeply forked than the tail of the common swallows. [Written also marten.]
Note: The American purple martin, or bee martin (Progne subis, or purpurea), and the European house, or window, martin (Hirundo, or Chelidon, urbica), are the best known species. Bank martin. (a) The bank swallow. See under Bank. (b) The fairy martin. See under Fairy.
– Bee martin. (a) The purple martin. (b) The kingbird.
– Sand martin, the bank swallow.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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