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.
REBELLOW
Etymology
Verb
rebellow (third-person singular simple present rebellows, present participle rebellowing, simple past and past participle rebellowed)
(intransitive, now rare) Of a place: to re-echo to or with a sound. [from 16th c.]
(obsolete, intransitive) Of a bull (or similar animal): to bellow again, or as a reply. [16th-19th c.]
Anagrams
• bellower, borewell, wellbore
Source: Wiktionary
Re*bel"low, v. i.
Definition: To bellow again; to repeat or echo a bellow. The cave rebellowed, and the temple shook. Dryden.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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