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.
SPAY
alter, neuter, spay, castrate
(verb) remove the ovaries of; “Is your cat spayed?”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology 1
Verb
spay (third-person singular simple present spays, present participle spaying, simple past spayed, past participle (obsolete) spade or spayed)
(transitive) To remove or destroy the ovaries (of an animal) so that it cannot become pregnant.
Synonyms
• castrate, emasculate (for a male)
• geld (used almost always of animals, especially male horses)
• neuter (used only of animals, especially pets)
• sterilize (used for all species and for both genders)
Etymology 2
Noun
spay (plural spays)
Rare spelling of spayard.
Etymology 3
Verb
spay (third-person singular simple present spays, present participle spaying, simple past and past participle spayed)
Alternative form of spae (to foretell or divine)
Anagrams
• APYs, AsPy, Pays, aspy, pays, pyas, yaps
Source: Wiktionary
Spay, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Spayed; p. pr. & vb. n. Spaying.] Etym: [Cf. Armor. spac'hein, spaza to geld, W. dyspaddu to geld, L. spado a eunuch, Gr.
Definition: To remove or extirpate the ovaries of, as a sow or a bitch; to castrate (a female animal).
Spay, n. Etym: [Cf. Spade a spay, Spay, v. t.] (Zoöl.)
Definition: The male of the red deer in his third year; a spade.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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