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.
WIDEAWAKE
Etymology
Named after a nearby colony of wideawakes, or sooty terns.
Proper noun
Wideawake
(US, informal) Ascension Island
Etymology
Noun
wideawake (plural wideawakes)
A bird, the sooty tern.
(historical) A type of hat with a broad brim made of black or brown felt.
Source: Wiktionary
Wide`-a*wake", a.
Definition: Fully awake; not Dickens.
Wide`-a*wake", n.
Definition: A broad-brimmed, low-crowned felt hat.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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