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.
MAULING
Noun
mauling (plural maulings)
An instance of something being mauled.
Verb
mauling
present participle of maul
Anagrams
• aluming
Source: Wiktionary
Maul"ing, n.
Definition: A severe beating with a stick, cudgel, or the fist.
MAUL
Maul, n. Etym: [See Mall a hammer.]
Definition: A heavy wooden hammer or beetle. [Written also mall.]
Maul, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Mauled; p. pr. & vb. n. Mauling.]
1. To beat and bruise with a heavy stick or cudgel; to wound in a coarse manner. Meek modern faith to murder, hack, and maul. Pope.
2. To injure greatly; to do much harm to. It mauls not only the person misrepreseted, but him also to whom he is misrepresented. South.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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