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.
SLEIGHINGS
Noun
sleighings
plural of sleighing
Source: Wiktionary
SLEIGHING
Sleigh"ing, n.
1. The act of riding in a sleigh.
2. The state of the snow or ice which admits of running sleighs.
SLEIGH
Sleigh, a.
Definition: Sly. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Sleigh, n. Etym: [Cf. D. & LG. slede, slee, Icel. sle. See Sled.]
Definition: A vehicle moved on runners, and used for transporting persons or goods on snow or ice; -- in England commonly called a sledge. Sleigh bell, a small bell attached either to a horse when drawing a slegh, or to the sleigh itself; especially a globular bell with a loose ball which plays inside instead of a clapper.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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