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.
ROWEN
Etymology
Noun
rowen (plural rowens)
A second crop of hay; aftermath.
A stubble field left unploughed until late in the autumn, so that it can be cropped by cattle.
Anagrams
• owner, rewon, worne
Etymology
Proper noun
Rowen
A topographic surname.
A male given name from surnames.
Anagrams
• owner, rewon, worne
Source: Wiktionary
Row"en, n. Etym: [Cf. E. rough, OE. row, rowe.] [Called also rowet, rowett, rowings, roughings.]
1. A stubble field left unplowed till late in the autumn, that it may be cropped by cattle. Turn your cows, that give milk, into your rowens till snow comes. Mortimer.
2. The second growth of grass in a season; aftermath. [Prov. Eng. & Local, U.S.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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