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.
SHAMMY
chamois, chamois leather, chammy, chammy leather, shammy, shammy leather
(noun) a soft suede leather formerly from the skin of the chamois antelope but now from sheepskin
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
shammy (countable and uncountable, plural shammies)
Chamois leather.
A cloth made of this leather.
Verb
shammy (third-person singular simple present shammies, present participle shammying, simple past and past participle shammied)
(transitive) To clean with a chamois leather cloth.
Source: Wiktionary
Sham"my, n. Etym: [F. chamious a chamois, shammy leather. See Chamois.]
1. (Zoöl.)
Definition: The chamois.
2. A soft, pliant leather, prepared originally from the skin of the chamois, but now made also from the skin of the sheep, goat, kid, deer, and calf. See Shamoying. [Written also chamois, shamoy, and shamois.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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