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.
ASSIGNATIONS
Noun
assignations
plural of assignation
Source: Wiktionary
ASSIGNATION
As`sig*na"tion, n. Etym: [L. assignatio, fr. assignare: cf. F. assignation.]
1. The act of assigning or allotting; apportionment. This order being taken in the senate, as touching the appointment and assignation of those provinces. Holland.
2. An appointment of time and place for meeting or interview; -- used chiefly of love interviews, and now commonly in a bad sense. While nymphs take treats, or assignations give. Pope.
3. A making over by transfer of title; assignment. House of assignation, a house in which appointments for sexual intercourse are fulfilled.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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