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.
UMPIRES
Noun
umpires
plural of umpire
Anagrams
• impure s, impures, rumpies, spumier
Source: Wiktionary
UMPIRE
Um"pire, n. Etym: [OE. nompere, nounpere (also impier, fr. F. impair uneven), fr. OF. nomper uneven, F. non-pair; hence the meaning, uneven, i. e., third person; non not + OF. per even, equal, peer, F. pair; cf. L. impar uneven, unequal. See Non-, and Peer, n.]
1. A person to whose sole decision a controversy or question between parties is referred; especially, one chosen to see that the rules of a game, as cricket, baseball, or the like, are strictly observed. A man, in questions of this kind, is able to be a skillful umpire between himself and others. Barrow.
2. (Law)
Definition: A third person, who is to decide a controversy or question submitted to arbitrators in case of their disagreement. Blackstone.
Syn.
– Judge; arbitrator; referee. See Judge.
Um"pire, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Umpired; p. pr. & vb. n. Umpiring.]
1. To decide as umpire; to arbitrate; to settle, as a dispute. Judges appointed to umpire the matter in contest between them, and to decide where the right lies. South.
2. To perform the duties of umpire in or for; as, to umpire a game. [Colloq.]
Um"pire, v. i.
Definition: To act as umpire or arbitrator.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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