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.
OUTWARDS
outward, outwards
(adverb) toward the outside; “move the needle further outward!”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adverb
outwards (comparative more outwards, superlative most outwards)
From the interior toward the exterior; in an outward direction.
(obsolete) Outwardly; (merely) on the surface.
Anagrams
• draws out, outdraws
Source: Wiktionary
Out"ward, Out"wards, adv. Etym: [AS. . See Out, and -ward, -wards.]
Definition: From the interior part; in a direction from the interior toward the exterior; out; to the outside; beyond; off; away; as, a ship bound outward. The wrong side may be turned outward. Shak. Light falling on them is not reflected outwards. Sir I. Newton. Outward bound, bound in an outward direction or to foreign parts; -- said especially of vessels, and opposed to homeward bound.
Out"wards, adv.
Definition: See Outward, adv.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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EARTHSHAKING
(adjective) sufficiently significant to affect the whole world; “earthshaking proposals”; “the contest was no world-shaking affair”; “the conversation...could hardly be called world-shattering”
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