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.
SWINEPOX
Etymology
Noun
swinepox (uncountable)
A disease of pigs, caused by a virus of the family Poxviridae and the genus Suipoxvirus.
(medicine, obsolete) A form of chickenpox, with acuminated vesicles containing a watery fluid; the waterpox.
Source: Wiktionary
Swine"-pox`, n. (Med.)
Definition: A variety of the chicken pox, with acuminated vesicles containing a watery fluid; the water pox. Pepys.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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