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.
CHORDED
Verb
chorded
simple past tense and past participle of chord
Adjective
chorded (not comparable)
(computing, of a computer keyboard) Through which input is supplied by pressing a relatively small number of keys in combinations, as though playing chords.
Anagrams
• chodder
Source: Wiktionary
CHORD
Chord, n. Etym: [L chorda a gut, a string made of a gut, Gr. cord. See Cord.]
1. The string of a musical instrument. Milton.
2. (Mus.)
Definition: A combination of tones simultaneously performed, producing more or less perfect harmony, as, the common chord.
3. (Geom.)
Definition: A right line uniting the extremities of the arc of a circle or curve.
4. (Anat.)
Definition: A cord. See Cord, n., 4.
5. (Engin.)
Definition: The upper or lower part of a truss, usually horizontal, resisting compression or tension. Waddell. Accidental, Common, and Vocal chords. See under Accidental, Common, and Vocal.
– Chord of an arch. See Illust. of Arch.
– Chord of curvature, a chord drawn from any point of a curve, in the circle of curvature for that point.
– Scale of chords. See Scale.
Chord, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Chorded; p. pr. & vb. n. Chording.]
Definition: To provide with musical chords or strings; to string; to tune. When Jubal struck the chorded shell. Dryden. Even the solitary old pine tree chords his harp. Beecher.
Chord, v. i. (Mus.)
Definition: To accord; to harmonize together; as, this note chords with that.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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