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.
SALVO
fusillade, salvo, volley, burst
(noun) rapid simultaneous discharge of firearms; “our fusillade from the left flank caught them by surprise”
salvo
(noun) a sudden outburst of cheers; “there was a salvo of approval”
salvo
(noun) an outburst resembling the discharge of firearms or the release of bombs
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Proper noun
Salvo (plural Salvos)
A surname.
Statistics
• According to the 2010 United States Census, Salvo is the 11793rd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 2656 individuals. Salvo is most common among White (85.47%) individuals.
Anagrams
• Lovas, Slavo-, ovals, sa/vol
Etymology 1
Noun
salvo (plural salvos or salvoes)
An exception; a reservation; an excuse.
Etymology 2
Noun
salvo (plural salvos or salvoes)
(military) A concentrated fire from pieces of artillery, as in endeavoring to make a break in a fortification; a volley.
A salute paid by a simultaneous, or nearly simultaneous, firing of a number of cannon.
(by extension) Any volley, as in an argument or debate.
The combined cheers of a crowd.
Verb
salvo (third-person singular simple present salvos, present participle salvoing, simple past and past participle salvoed)
(ambitransitive) To discharge weapons in a salvo.
Anagrams
• Lovas, Slavo-, ovals, sa/vol
Source: Wiktionary
Sal"vo, n.; pl. Salvos. Etym: [L. salvo jure, literally, the right being reserved. See Safe.]
Definition: An exception; a reservation; an excuse. They admit many salvos, cautions, and reservations. Eilon Basilike.
Sal"vo, n. Etym: [F. salve a discharge of heavy cannon, a volley, L. salve hail, imperat. of salvere to be well, akin to salvus well. See Safe.]
1. (Mil.)
Definition: A concentrated fire from pieces of artillery, as in endeavoring to make a break in a fortification; a volley.
2. A salute paid by a simultaneous, or nearly simultaneous, firing of a number of cannon.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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