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.
SCUP
scup, northern porgy, northern scup, Stenotomus chrysops
(noun) found in Atlantic coastal waters of North America from South Carolina to Maine; esteemed as a panfish
scup, southern porgy, southern scup, Stenotomus aculeatus
(noun) porgy of southern Atlantic coastal waters of North America
porgy, scup
(noun) lean flesh of fish found in warm waters of southern Atlantic coast of the United States
scup
(noun) flesh of fish found in colder waters of northern Atlantic coast of the United States
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology 1
Noun
scup (plural scup or scups)
A common sparoid food fish, Stenotomus chrysops, of temperate regions of the Atlantic coast of North America; the porgy.
Etymology 2
Noun
scup (plural scups)
(US, dialect) A swing.
Anagrams
• CPSU, CPUs, UPCs, UPSC, cups, cusp
Source: Wiktionary
Scup, n. Etym: [D. schop.]
Definition: A swing. [Local, U.S.]
Scup, n. Etym: [Contr. fr. American Indian mishcùp, fr. mishe-kuppi large, thick-scaled.] (Zoöl.)
Definition: A marine sparoid food fish (Stenotomus chrysops, or S. argyrops), common on the Atlantic coast of the United States. It appears bright silvery when swimming in the daytime, but shows broad blackish transverse bands at night and when dead. Called also porgee, paugy, porgy, scuppaug.
Note: The same names are also applied to a closely allied Southern species. (Stenotomus Gardeni).
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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