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.
WHIGS
Noun
Whigs
plural of Whig
Proper noun
Whigs
(UK politics) An 18th- and 19th-century British political party that was opposed to the Tories, and became the Liberal Party.
(US politics) A 19th-century political party in the United States of America.
Coordinate terms
(UK)
• Tories
(US)
• Federalists
• Democrats
Noun
whigs
plural of whig
Verb
whigs
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of whig
Source: Wiktionary
WHIG
Whig, n. Etym: [See Whey.]
Definition: Acidulated whey, sometimes mixed with buttermilk and sweet herbs, used as a cooling beverage. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]
Whig, n. Etym: [Said to be from whiggam, a term used in Scotland in driving horses, whiggamore one who drives horses (a term applied to some western Scotchmen), contracted to whig. In 1648, a party of these people marched to Edinburgh to oppose the king and the duke of Hamilton (the Whiggamore raid), and hence the name of Whig was given to the party opposed to the court. Cf. Scot. whig to go quickly.]
1. (Eng. Politics)
Definition: One of a political party which grew up in England in the seventeenth century, in the reigns of Charles I. and II., when great contests existed respecting the royal prerogatives and the rights of the people. Those who supported the king in his high claims were called Tories, and the advocates of popular rights, of parliamentary power over the crown, and of toleration to Dissenters, were, after 1679, called Whigs. The terms Liberal and Radical have now generally superseded Whig in English politics. See the note under Tory.
2. (Amer. Hist.) (a) A friend and supporter of the American Revolution; -- opposed to Tory, and Royalist. (b) One of the political party in the United States from about 1829 to 1856, opposed in politics to the Democratic party.
Whig, a.
Definition: Of or pertaining to the Whigs.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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