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.
OSCULUM
Etymology
Noun
osculum (plural oscula)
(chiefly, zoology) A small opening or orifice. [from 18th c.]
(zoology, obsolete) One of the suckers on the head of a tapeworm.
(zoology) The main opening in a sponge from which water is expelled.
Anagrams
• lucumos, musculo-
Source: Wiktionary
Os"cu*lum, n.; pl. Oscula. Etym: [L., a little mouth.] (Zoöl.)
Definition: Same as Oscule.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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BEATIFY
(verb) declare (a dead person) to be blessed; the first step of achieving sainthood; “On Sunday, the martyr will be beatified by the Vatican”
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