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.
PROWS
Noun
prows
plural of prow
Anagrams
• Sprow, pow'rs
Source: Wiktionary
PROW
Prow, n. Etym: [F. proue (cf. Sp. & Pg. proa, It. prua), L. prora, Gr. Pro-, and cf. Prore.]
Definition: The fore part of a vessel; the bow; the stem; hence, the vessel itself. Wordsworth. The floating vessel swum Uplifted, and secure with beaked prow rode tilting o'er the waves. Milton.
Prow, n.
Definition: See Proa.
Prow, a. [Compar. Prower; superl. Prowest.] Etym: [OF.prou, preu, F. preux, fr. L. pro, prod, in prodesse to be useful. See Pro-, and cf. Prude.]
Definition: Valiant; brave; gallant; courageous. [Archaic] Tennyson. The prowest knight that ever field did fight. Spenser.
Prow, n. Etym: [OE. & OF. prou. See Prow, a.]
Definition: Benefit; profit; good; advantage. [Obs.] That shall be for your hele and for your prow. Chaucer.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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