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.
UNSHALE
Etymology
Verb
unshale (third-person singular simple present unshales, present participle unshaling, simple past and past participle unshaled)
(obsolete) To strip the shale ("shell") or husk from; to uncover.
Anagrams
• Hulsean, unheals, unleash
Source: Wiktionary
Un*shale", v. t. Etym: [1st pref. un- + shale.]
Definition: To strip the shale, or husk, from; to uncover. [Obs.] I will not unshale the jest before it be ripe. Marston.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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