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.
ORACLES
Noun
oracles
plural of oracle
Verb
oracles
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of oracle
Anagrams
• Alcoser, Caleros, Calrose, coalers, escolar, recoals, solacer
Source: Wiktionary
ORACLE
Or"a*cle, n. Etym: [F., fr. L. oraculum, fr. orare to speak, utter, pray, fr. os, oris, mouth. See Oral.]
1. The answer of a god, or some person reputed to be a god, to an inquiry respecting some affair or future event, as the success of an enterprise or battle. Whatso'er she saith, for oracles must stand. Drayton.
2. Hence: The deity who was supposed to give the answer; also, the place where it was given. The oracles are dumb; No voice or hideous hum Runs through the arched roof in words deceiving. Milton.
3. The communications, revelations, or messages delivered by God to the prophets; also, the entire sacred Scriptures -- usually in the plural. The first principles of the oracles of God. Heb. v. 12.
4. (Jewish Antiq.)
Definition: The sanctuary, or Most Holy place in the temple; also, the temple itself. 1 Kings vi. 19. Siloa's brook, that flow'd Fast by the oracle of God. Milton.
5. One who communicates a divine command; an angel; a prophet. God hath now sent his living oracle Into the world to teach his final will. Milton.
6. Any person reputed uncommonly wise; one whose decisions are regarded as of great authority; as, a literary oracle. "Oracles of mode." Tennyson. The country rectors . . . thought him an oracle on points of learning. Macaulay.
7. A wise sentence or decision of great authority.
Or"a*cle, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Oracled; p. pr. & vb. n. Oracling.]
Definition: To utter oracles. [Obs.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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