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.
TURBAN
pillbox, toque, turban
(noun) a small round woman’s hat
turban
(noun) a traditional Muslim headdress consisting of a long scarf wrapped around the head
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
turban (plural turbans)
A man's headdress made by winding a length of cloth round the head.
A woman's close-fitting hat with little or no brim.
The complete set of whorls of a spiral shell.
Anagrams
• nut bar, nut-bar, nutbar, tanbur
Source: Wiktionary
Tur"ban, n. Etym: [OE. turband, turbant, tolibant, F. turban, It. turbante, Turk. tulbend, dulbend, fr. Per. dulband. Cf. Tulip.]
1. A headdress worn by men in the Levant and by most Mohammedans of the male sex, consisting of a cap, and a sash, scarf, or shawl, usually of cotton or linen, wound about the cap, and sometimes hanging down the neck.
2. A kind of headdress worn by women.
3. (Zoöl.)
Definition: The whole set of whorls of a spiral shell.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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