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.
UNLACE
untie, unbrace, unlace
(verb) undo the ties of; “They untied the prisoner”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
unlace (third-person singular simple present unlaces, present participle unlacing, simple past and past participle unlaced)
(transitive) To remove the knot from laces; to undo laces.
(transitive) To loosen the clothing of (a person).
(transitive) To remove (film) from a projector.
Antonyms
• lace up
Anagrams
• Lucena, auncel, cuneal, lacune, launce
Source: Wiktionary
Un*lace", v. t. Etym: [1st un- + lace.]
1. To loose by undoing a lacing; as, to unlace a shoe.
2. To loose the dress of; to undress; hence, to expose; to disgrace. What's the matter, That you unlace your reputation thus Shak.
3. (Naut.)
Definition: To loose, and take off, as a bonnet from a sail, or to cast off, as any lacing in any part of the rigging of a vessel. Totten.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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