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.
SHEADING
Etymology
Unclear. Perhaps from the Norse word skeid, "ship assembly", with each sheading providing men for a warship. Perhaps from a Celtic word meaning "sixth part". Perhaps from the Middle English word, scheding, for an administrative division.
Noun
sheading (plural sheadings)
Any of the six administrative districts into which the Isle of Man is divided.
Anagrams
• deashing, headings, headsign
Source: Wiktionary
Shead"ing, n. Etym: [From AS. scadan, sceádan, to separate, divide. See Shed, v. t.]
Definition: A tithing, or division, in the Isle of Man, in which there is a coroner, or chief constable. The island is divided into six sheadings.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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