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.
MATCHLOCK
matchlock
(noun) an early style of musket; a slow-burning wick would be lowered into a hole in the breech to ignite the charge
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
matchlock (plural matchlocks)
Early type of firearm, using a smoldering piece of cord to fire the powder in the firing pan.
The gunlock used in such a weapon, having a slow smouldering match, see: slow match.
Source: Wiktionary
Match"lock`, n.
Definition: An old form of gunlock containing a match for firing the priming; hence, a musket fired by means of a match.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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