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.
PEWTER
pewter
(noun) any of various alloys of tin with small amounts of other metals (especially lead)
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
pewter (countable and uncountable, plural pewters)
An alloy of approximately 93–98% tin, 1–2% copper, and the balance of antimony.
(historical) An alloy of tin and lead.
Items made of pewter; pewterware.
A beer tankard made from pewter.
A dark, dull grey colour, like that of the metal.
(slang, dated) Prize money.
Adjective
pewter (not comparable)
Of a dark, dull grey colour, like that of the metal.
Verb
pewter (third-person singular simple present pewters, present participle pewtering, simple past and past participle pewtered)
(transitive) To coat with pewter.
Anagrams
• pewtre, prewet
Source: Wiktionary
Pew"ter, n. Etym: [OE. pewtyr, OF. peutre, peautre, piautre: cf. D. peauter, piauter, It. peltro, Sp. & Pg. peltre, LL. peutreum, pestrum. Cf. Spelter.]
1. A hard, tough, but easily fusible, alloy, originally consisting of tin with a little lead, but afterwards modified by the addition of copper, antimony, or bismuth.
2. Utensils or vessels made of pewter, as dishes, porringers, drinking vessels, tankards, pots.
Note: Pewter was formerly much used for domestic utensils. Inferior sorts contain a large proportion of lead.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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