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.
RELUME
Etymology
Verb
relume (third-person singular simple present relumes, present participle reluming, simple past and past participle relumed)
(transitive, now, rare) To rekindle; to relight (literally or figuratively). [from 17th c.]
(transitive, now, rare) To make clear or bright again. [from 18th c.]
Anagrams
• em rule, lemure
Source: Wiktionary
Re*lume" (r-lm"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Relumed (-lmd"); p. pr. & vb. n. Reluming.] Etym: [OF. relumer (cf. F. rallumer), L. reluminare; pref. re- re- + luminare to light. Cf. Reillume.]
Definition: To rekindle; to light again. Relumed her ancient light, not kindled new. Pope. I know not where is that Promethean heat That can thy light relume. Shak.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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