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.
REPINING
Noun
repining (plural repinings)
The act of fretting or feeling discontent or of murmuring.
Verb
repining
present participle of repine
Anagrams
• ripening
Source: Wiktionary
REPINE
Re*pine" (r-pn"), v. i. Etym: [Pref. re- + pine to languish.]
1. To fail; to wane. [Obs.] "Reppening courage yields no foot to foe." Spenser.
2. To continue pining; to feel inward discontent which preys on the spirits; to indulge in envy or complaint; to murmur. But Lachesis thereat gan to repine. Spenser. What if the head, the eye, or ear repined To serve mere engines to the ruling mind Pope.
Re*pine", n.
Definition: Vexation; mortification. [Obs.] Shak.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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