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.
MAUGRING
MAUGRE
Mau"ger, Mau"gre, prep. Etym: [OF. maugré, malgré, F. malgré. See Mal-, Malice, and Agree.]
Definition: In spite of; in opposition to; notwithstanding. A man must needs love maugre his heed. Chaucer. This mauger all the world will I keep safe. Shak.
Mau"gre, v. t.
Definition: To defy. [Obs.] J. Webster.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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