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.
CONCAVED
Verb
concaved
simple past tense and past participle of concave
Source: Wiktionary
Con"caved, a. (Her.)
Definition: Bowed in the form of an arch; -- called also arched.
CONCAVE
Con"cave ( or ; 277), a. Etym: [L. concavus; con- + cavus hollow: cf. F. concave. See Cave a hollow.]
1. Hollow and curved or rounded; vaulted; -- said of the interior of a curved surface or line, as of the curve of the of the inner surface of an eggshell, in opposition to convex; as, a concave mirror; the concave arch of the sky.
2. Hollow; void of contents. [R.] As concave . . . as a worm-eaten nut. Shak.
Con"cave, n. Etym: [L. concavum.]
1. A hollow; an arched vault; a cavity; a recess. Up to the fiery concave towering hight. Milton.
2. (Mech.)
Definition: A curved sheath or breasting for a revolving cylinder or roll.
Con"cave, v. t. [imp. & p. p. concaved (; p. pr.& vb. n. Concaving.]
Definition: To make hollow or concave.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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