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.
VIALED
Verb
vialed
simple past tense and past participle of vial
Anagrams
• aviled, vailed
Source: Wiktionary
VIAL
Vi"al, n. Etym: [OE. viole, fiole, F. fiole. See Phial.]
Definition: A small bottle, usually of glass; a little glass vessel with a narrow aperture intended to be closed with a stopper; as, a vial of medicine. [Written also phial.] Take thou this vial, being then in bed, And this distilled liquor thou off. Shak.
Vi"al, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Vialed or Vialled; p. pr. & vb. n. Vialing or Vialling.]
Definition: To put in a vial or vials. "Precious vialed liquors." Milton.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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