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.
SILVERN
silver, silvern, silvery
(adjective) having the white lustrous sheen of silver; “a land of silver (or silvern) rivers where the salmon leap”; “repeated scrubbings have given the wood a silvery sheen”
silvern, silvery
(adjective) resembling or reminiscent of silver; “a soft silvern voice”; “singing in her silvery tones”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
silvern (not comparable)
(literary) Made of silver; or resembling or characteristic of silver; silvery.
Source: Wiktionary
Sil"vern, a. Etym: [AS. seolfern, sylfren.]
Definition: Made of silver. [Archaic.] Wyclif (Acts xix. 24). Speech is silvern; silence is golden. Old Proverb.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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DISPERSION
(noun) the act of dispersing or diffusing something; “the dispersion of the troops”; “the diffusion of knowledge”
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