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.
STOPPLED
Verb
stoppled
simple past tense and past participle of stopple
Source: Wiktionary
STOPPLE
Stop"ple, n. Etym: [Cf. G. stöpfel, stöpsel. See Stop, n. & v. t.]
Definition: That which stops or closes the mouth of a vessel; a stopper; as, a glass stopple; a cork stopple.
Stop"ple, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Stoppled; p. pr. & vb. n. Stoppling.]
Definition: To close the mouth of anything with a stopple, or as with a stopple. Cowper.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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