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.
ROILING
churning, roiling, roiled, roily, turbulent
(adjective) (of a liquid) agitated vigorously; in a state of turbulence; “the river’s roiling current”; “turbulent rapids”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Verb
roiling
present participle of roil
Noun
roiling (plural roilings)
The motion of something that roils; a bubbling or seething.
Anagrams
• ligroin
Source: Wiktionary
ROIL
Roil, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Roiled; p. pr. & vb. n. Roiling.] Etym: [Cf. OE. roilen to wander; possibly fr. OF. roeler to roll, equiv. to F. rouler. See Roll, v., and cf. Rile.]
1. To render turbid by stirring up the dregs or sediment of; as, to roil wine, cider, etc. , in casks or bottles; to roil a spring.
2. To disturb, as the temper; to ruffle the temper of; to rouse the passion of resentment in; to perplex. That his friends should believe it, was what roiled him [Judge Jeffreys] exceedingly. R. North.
Note: Provincial in England and colloquial in the United States. A commoner, but less approved, form is rile.
Roil, v. i.
1. To wander; to roam. [Obs.]
2. To romp. [Prov.Eng.] Halliwell.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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ROOTS
(noun) the condition of belonging to a particular place or group by virtue of social or ethnic or cultural lineage; “his roots in Texas go back a long way”; “he went back to Sweden to search for his roots”; “his music has African roots”
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