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.
STEEN
Steen, Jan Steen
(noun) Dutch genre painter (1626-1679)
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Noun
steen (plural steens)
Alternative form of stean
Verb
steen (third-person singular simple present steens, present participle steening, simple past and past participle steened)
Alternative form of stean
Anagrams
• ESnet, Enets, NEETs, Tenes, enset, neets, seent, senet, sente, teens, tense
Source: Wiktionary
Steen, n. Etym: [AS. st. See Stone.] [Written also stean.]
1. A vessel of clay or stone. "An huge great earth-pot steane." Spenser.
2. A wall of brick, stone, or cement, used as a lining, as of a well, cistern, etc.; a steening.
Steen, v. t. Etym: [AS. st to adorn with stones or gems. See Stone.]
Definition: To line, as a well, with brick, stone, or other hard material. [Written also stean, and stein.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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