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.
SWIRLED
Adjective
swirled (not comparable)
Mixed in a circular pattern with both original components distinguishable.
Verb
swirled
simple past tense and past participle of swirl
Anagrams
• rewilds, wilders
Source: Wiktionary
SWIRL
Swirl, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. Swirled; p. pr. & vb. n. Swirling.] Etym: [Akin to Norw. svirla to whirl, freq. of sverra to whirl, Dan. svirre, G. schwirren to whiz, to buzz. *177. See Swarm, n.]
Definition: To whirl, or cause to whirl, as in an eddy. "The river swirled along." C. Kingsley.
Swirl, n.
Definition: A whirling motion; an eddy, as of water; a whirl. "The silent swirl of bats." Mrs. Browning.
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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