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.
SURVIEW
Etymology
Verb
surview (third-person singular simple present surviews, present participle surviewing, simple past and past participle surviewed)
(transitive, obsolete) To survey; to make a survey of.
Noun
surview (plural surviews)
(obsolete) A survey.
[…] we are to take a second surview of our Abilities, to see if they be competently fit for that whereto our Inclination swayeth us; and if upon due unpartial examination we find they are, we may then follow the sway of our Inclination.
Source: Wiktionary
Sur*view", v. t. Etym: [Pref. sur- + view. Cf. Survey.]
Definition: To survey; to make a survey of. [Obs.] "To surview his ground." Spenser.
Sur*view", n.
Definition: A survey. [Obs.] Bp. Sanderson.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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BACKFIRE
(verb) come back to the originator of an action with an undesired effect; “Your comments may backfire and cause you a lot of trouble”; “the political movie backlashed on the Democrats”
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