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.
TILLERED
Verb
tillered
simple past tense and past participle of tiller
Anagrams
• tredille
Source: Wiktionary
TILLER
Till"er, n. Etym: [From Till, v. t.]
Definition: One who tills; a husbandman; a cultivator; a plowman.
Till"er, n. Etym: [AS. telgor a small branch. Cf. Till to cultivate.]
1. (Bot.) (a) A shoot of a plant, springing from the root or bottom of the original stalk; a sucker. (b) A sprout or young tree that springs from a root or stump.
2. A young timber tree. [Prov. Eng.] Evelyn.
Till"er, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Tillered; p. pr. & vb. n. Tillering.]
Definition: To put forth new shoots from the root, or round the bottom of the original stalk; as, wheat or rye tillers; some spread plants by tillering. [Sometimes written tillow.]
Till"er, n. Etym: [From OE. tillen, tullen, to draw, pull; probably fr. AS. tyllan in fortyllan to lead astray; or cf. D. tillen to lift up. Cf. Till a drawer.]
1. (Naut.)
Definition: A lever of wood or metal fitted to the rudder head and used for turning side to side in steering. In small boats hand power is used; in large vessels, the tiller is moved by means of mechanical appliances. See Illust. of Rudder. Cf. 2d Helm, 1.
2. The stalk, or handle, of a crossbow; also, sometimes, the bow itself. [Obs.] You can shoot in a tiller. Beau. & Fl.
3. The handle of anything. [Prov. Eng.]
4. A small drawer; a till. Dryden. Tiller rope (Naut.), a rope for turning a tiller. In a large vessel it forms the connection between the fore end of the tiller and the steering wheel.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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