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.
TREY
trey, three
(noun) one of four playing cards in a deck having three pips
three, III, trio, threesome, tierce, leash, troika, triad, trine, trinity, ternary, ternion, triplet, tercet, terzetto, trey, deuce-ace
(noun) the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
trey (plural treys)
(cards, occasionally dice) A playing card or die with the rank of three.
(cards, dice, dominoes) A score of three in cards, dice, or dominoes.
(US, Canada, basketball, informal) A three-pointer.
(informal) The third bearer of the same personal name in a family, often denoted by suffixed Roman numeral III.
The third branch of a deer's antler.
Anagrams
• Tyer, Tyre, tyer, tyre
Proper noun
Trey
A nickname for someone who is the third person in the family sharing his father's name.
A male given name from English of modern usage, derived from the nickname.
Anagrams
• Tyer, Tyre, tyer, tyre
Source: Wiktionary
Trey, n. Etym: [OF. treis three, F. trois, L. tres. See Three, and cf. Tray-trip.]
Definition: Three, at cards, dice, or dominoes; a card, die, or domino of three spots or pips. Seven is my chance and thine is cinq and trey. Chaucer.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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