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.
TROW
Etymology 1
Verb
trow (third-person singular simple present trows, present participle trowing, simple past and past participle trowed)
(archaic or dialectal) To trust or believe.
(archaic or dialectal) To have confidence in, or to give credence to.
Noun
trow (usually uncountable, plural trows)
(archaic or dialectal) Trust or faith.
Etymology 2
Noun
trow (countable and uncountable, plural trows)
(dated, nautical, countable) Any of several flat-bottomed sailing boats used for fishing or for carrying bulk goods.
(Scottish, dated) Troll.
Anagrams
• ROTW, rowt, wort
Source: Wiktionary
Trow, n.
Definition: A boat with an open well amidships. It is used in spearing fish. Knight.
Trow, v. i. & t. Etym: [OE. trowen, AS.treówan to trust, believe, fr. treów trust, treówe true, faithful. See True.]
Definition: To believe; to trust; to think or suppose. [Archaic] So that ye trow in Christ, and you baptize. Chaucer. A better priest, I trow, there nowhere none is. Chaucer. It never yet was worn, I trow. Tennyson.
Note: I trow, or trow alone, was formerly sometimes added to questions to express contemptuous or indignant surprise. What tempest, I trow, threw this whale . . . ashore Shak. What is the matter, trow Shak.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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