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.
ZITHERS
Noun
zithers
plural of zither
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Source: Wiktionary
ZITHER
Zith"er, n. Etym: [G. zither. See Cittern.] (Mus.)
Definition: An instrument of music used in Austria and Germany. It has from thirty to forty wires strung across a shallow sounding-board, which lies horizontally on a table before the performer, who uses both hands in playing on it.
Note: [Not to be confounded with the old lute-shaped cittern, or cithern.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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