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.
SCORSE
Etymology
Noun
scorse
(obsolete) barter; exchange; trade
Verb
scorse (third-person singular simple present scorses, present participle scorsing, simple past and past participle scorsed)
(obsolete, ambitransitive) To barter or exchange.
(obsolete) To chase.
Anagrams
• Croses, Crosse, Secors, Sorces, cessor, corses, crosse, orcess, scores
Source: Wiktionary
Scorse ( or ), n. Etym: [Cf. It. scorsa a course, and E. discourse.]
Definition: Barter; exchange; trade. [Obs.] And recompensed them with a better scorse. Spenser.
Scorse, v. t. Etym: [Written also scourse, and scoss.]
1. To barter or exchange. [Obs.] Spenser.
2. To chase. [Obs.] Spenser.
Scorse, v. i.
Definition: To deal for the purchase of anything; to practice barter. [Obs.] B. Jonson.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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