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.
SWINKED
Verb
swinked
simple past tense and past participle of swink
Source: Wiktionary
SWINK
Swink, v. i. [imp. Swank, Swonk (; p. p. Swonken; p. pr. & vb. n. Swinking.] Etym: [AS. swincan, akin to swingan. See Swing.]
Definition: To labor; to toil; to salve. [Obs. or Archaic] Or swink with his hands and labor. Chaucer. For which men swink and sweat incessantly. Spenser. The swinking crowd at every stroke pant "Ho." Sir Samuel Freguson.
Swink, v. t.
1. To cause to toil or drudge; to tire or exhaust with labor. [Obs.] And the swinked hedger at his supper sat. Milton.
2. To acquire by labor. [Obs.] Piers Plowman. To devour all that others swink. Chaucer.
Swink, n. Etym: [As. swinc, geswinc.]
Definition: Labor; toil; drudgery. [Obs.] Chaucer. Spenser.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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