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.
RANKLE
Etymology
Noun
rankle (plural rankles)
A festering, embittering object or condition — either mental, or a physical sore or ulcer (rare).
Verb
rankle (third-person singular simple present rankles, present participle rankling, simple past and past participle rankled)
(transitive or intransitive) To cause irritation or deep bitterness.
(intransitive) To fester.
Synonyms
• (to cause irritation): embitter, irritate
• (to fester): fester
Anagrams
• KERNAL, Karlen, lanker
Source: Wiktionary
Ran"kle, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Rankled; p. pr. & vb. n. Rankling.] Etym: [From Rank, a.]
1. To become, or be, rank; to grow rank or strong; to be inflamed; to fester; -- used literally and figuratively. A malady that burns and rankles inward. Rowe. This would have left a rankling wound in the hearts of the people. Burke.
2. To produce a festering or inflamed effect; to cause a sore; -- used literally and figuratively; as, a splinter rankles in the flesh; the words rankled in his bosom.
Ran"kle, v. t.
Definition: To cause to fester; to make sore; to inflame. [R.] Beau. & Fl.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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