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.
SPANCELED
Verb
spanceled
simple past tense and past participle of spancel
Anagrams
• enclasped
Source: Wiktionary
SPANCEL
Span"cel, n. Etym: [Perhaps span + AS. sal a rope.]
Definition: A rope used for tying or hobbling the legs of a horse or cow. [Prov. Eng. & Local, U.S.] Grose.
Span"cel, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Spanceled or Spancelled; p. pr. & vb. n. Spanceling or Spancelling.]
Definition: To tie or hobble with a spancel. [Prov. Eng. & Local, U.S.] Malone.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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