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.
TWAIN
couple, pair, twosome, twain, brace, span, yoke, couplet, distich, duo, duet, dyad, duad
(noun) two items of the same kind
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Proper noun
Twain
A surname.
A census-designated place in Plumas County, California, United States.
Anagrams
• Antwi, Wiant, waint, witan
Etymology
Proper noun
TWAIN
(computing) A standard software protocol and applications programming interface (API) that regulates communication between software applications and imaging devices such as scanners and digital cameras.
Anagrams
• Antwi, Wiant, waint, witan
Etymology 1
Numeral
twain
(dated) two
Adjective
twain (not comparable)
(rare) twofold
Noun
twain (plural twains)
pair, couple
Etymology 2
Verb
twain (third-person singular simple present twains, present participle twaining, simple past and past participle twained)
(transitive) To part in twain; divide; sunder.
Anagrams
• Antwi, Wiant, waint, witan
Source: Wiktionary
Twain, a. & n. Etym: [OE. twein, tweien, tweyne, AS. twegen, masc. See Two.]
Definition: Two;- nearly obsolete in common discourse, but used in poetry and burlesque. "Children twain." Chaucer. And whosoever shall compel thee to go a mile, go with him twain. Matt. v. 41. In twain, in halves; into two parts; asunder. When old winder split the rocks in twain. Dryden.
– Twain cloud. (Meteor.) Same as Cumulo-stratus.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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