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.
SPOOMING
Verb
spooming
present participle of spoom
Source: Wiktionary
SPOOM
Spoom, v. i. Etym: [Probably fr. spum foam. See Spume.] (Naut.)
Definition: To be driven steadily and swiftly, as before a strong wind; to be driven before the wind without any sail, or with only a part of the sails spread; to scud under bare poles. [Written also spoon.] When virtue spooms before a prosperous gale, My heaving wishes help to fill the sail. Dryden.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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