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.
PRICKLES
Noun
prickles
plural of prickle
(Ulster) gooseflesh
Verb
prickles
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of prickle
Anagrams
• Spickler, picklers
Source: Wiktionary
PRICKLE
Pric"kle, n. Etym: [AS. pricele, pricle; akin to LG. prickel, D. prikkel. See Prick, n.]
1. A little prick; a small, sharp point; a fine, sharp process or projection, as from the skin of an animal, the bark of a plant, etc.; a spine. Bacon.
2. A kind of willow basket; -- a term still used in some branches of trade. B. Jonson.
3. A sieve of filberts, -- about fifty pounds. [Eng.]
Pric"kle, v. t.
Definition: To prick slightly, as with prickles, or fine, sharp points. Felt a horror over me creep, Prickle skin, and catch my breath. Tennyson.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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