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.
DEFLECTED
Verb
deflected
simple past tense and past participle of deflect
Adjective
deflected (not comparable)
(botany) Bent abruptly downward.
Source: Wiktionary
De*flect"ed, a.
1. Turned aside; deviating from a direct line or course.
2. Bent downward; deflexed.
DEFLECT
De*flect", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Deflected; p. pr. & vb. n. Deflecting.] Etym: [L. deflectere; de- + flectere to bend or turn. See Flexible.]
Definition: To cause to turn aside; to bend; as, rays of light are often deflected. Sitting with their knees deflected under them. Lord (1630).
De*flect", v. i.
Definition: To turn aside; to deviate from a right or a horizontal line, or from a proper position, course or direction; to swerve. At some part of the Azores, the needle deflecteth not, but lieth in the true meridian. Sir T. Browne. To deflect from the line of truth and reason. Warburton.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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