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.
SPAWLING
Etymology
Noun
spawling (plural spawlings)
That which is spawled, or spat out.
Anagrams
• lapwings, swapling, waspling
Source: Wiktionary
Spawl"ing, n.
Definition: That which is spawled, or spit out.
SPAWL
Spawl, n.
Definition: A splinter or fragment, as of wood or stone. See Spall.
Spawl, n. Etym: [Cf. AS. spatl, fr. spætan to spit; probably akin to spiwan, E. spew. Cf. Spew.]
Definition: Scattered or ejected spittle.
Spawl, v. i. & t. [imp. & p. p. Spawled; p. pr. & vb. n. Spawling.] Etym: [Cf. AS. spatlian.]
Definition: To scatter spittle from the mouth; to spit, as saliva. Why must he sputter, spawl, and slaver it In vain, against the people's favorite. Swift.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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