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.
STOOKING
Verb
stooking
present participle of stook
Source: Wiktionary
STOOK
Stook, n. Etym: [Scot. stook, stouk; cf. LG. stuke a heap, bundle, G. stauche a truss, bundle of flax.] (Agric.)
Definition: A small collection of sheaves set up in the field; a shock; in England, twelve sheaves.
Stook, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Stooked; p. pr. & vb. n. Stooking.] (Agric.)
Definition: To set up, as sheaves of grain, in stooks.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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