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.
STUBBLE
stubble
(noun) short stiff hairs growing on a man’s face when he has not shaved for a few days
chaff, husk, shuck, stalk, straw, stubble
(noun) material consisting of seed coverings and small pieces of stem or leaves that have been separated from the seeds
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
stubble (usually uncountable, plural stubbles)
(countable and uncountable) Short, coarse hair, especially on a man’s face.
(countable and uncountable) The short stalks left in a field after crops have been harvested.
Synonyms
• (short hair on man’s face): five o'clock shadow
• stub
• stump
Source: Wiktionary
Stub"ble, n. Etym: [OE. stobil, stoble, OF. estouble, estuble, F. étuele, LL. stupla, stupula, L. stipula stubble, stalk; cf. D. & G. stopped, OHG. stupfila. Cf. Stipule.]
Definition: The stumps of wheat, rye, barley, oats, or buckwheat, left in the ground; the part of the stalk left by the scythe or sickle. "After the first crop is off, they plow in the wheast stubble." Mortimer. Stubble goose (Zoöl.), the graylag goose. [Prov. Eng.] Chaucer.
– Stubble rake, a rake with long teeth for gleaning in stubble.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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