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.
APPULSE
Etymology
Noun
appulse (plural appulses)
An energetic movement towards or against something
(astronomy) conjunction or occultation
(astronomy) a close approach of two heavenly bodies
Anagrams
• papules, upleaps
Source: Wiktionary
Ap"pulse, n. Etym: [L. appulsus, fr. appellere, appulsum, to drive to; ad + pellere to drive: cf. F. appulse.]
1. A driving or running towards; approach; impulse; also, the act of striking against. In all consonants there is an appulse of the organs. Holder.
2. (Astron.)
Definition: The near approach of one heavenly body to another, or to the meridian; a coming into conjunction; as, the appulse of the moon to a star, or of a star to the meridian.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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