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.
ROUNCE
Etymology 1
Noun
rounce (plural rounces)
(printing) The handle by which the bed of a hand press, holding the form of type, etc, is run in under the platen and out again.
(printing) The whole apparatus by which the form is moved under the platen.
Etymology 2
Noun
rounce (uncountable)
Alternative form of rams (“card game”)
Anagrams
• conure, ouncer
Source: Wiktionary
Rounce, n. Etym: [Cf. F. ronce bramble, brier, thorn, ranche a round, step, rack, or E. round.] (Print.)
Definition: The handle by which the bed of a hand press, holding the form of type, etc., is run in under the platen and out again; -- sometimes applied to the whole apparatus by which the form is moved under the platen.
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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