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.
SWOONINGS
Noun
swoonings
plural of swooning
Source: Wiktionary
SWOONING
Swoon"ing, a. & n.
Definition: from Swoon, v.
– Swoon"ing*ly, adv.
SWOON
Swoon, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Swooned; p. pr. & vb. n. Swooning.] Etym: [OE. swounen, swoghenen, for swo, fr. swo to sigh deeply, to droop, AS. swogan to sough, sigh; cf. geswogen senseless, swooned, geswowung a swooning. Cf. Sough.]
Definition: To sink into a fainting fit, in which there is an apparent suspension of the vital functions and mental powers; to faint; -- often with away. The sucklings swoon in the streets of the city. Lam. ii. 11. The most in years . . . swooned first away for pain. Dryden. He seemed ready to swoon away in the surprise of joy. Tatler.
Swoon, n.
Definition: A fainting fit; syncope.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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