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.
DREDGING
Verb
dredging
present participle of dredge
Noun
dredging (plural dredgings)
That which is dredged up.
(uncountable) the act of using a dredger or excavator to dredge a harbour, river, channel or watercourse.
Source: Wiktionary
DREDGE
Dredge, n. Etym: [F. drège, dreige, fish net, from a word akin to E. draw; cf. D. dreg, dregge, small anchor, dregnet dragnet. Draw.]
1. Any instrument used to gather or take by dragging; as: (a) A dragnet for taking up oysters, etc., from their beds. (b) A dredging machine. (c) An iron frame, with a fine net attached, used in collecting animals living at the bottom of the sea.
2. (Mining)
Definition: Very fine mineral matter held in suspension in water. Raymond.
Dredge, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dredged; p. pr. & vb. n. Dredging.]
Definition: To catch or gather with a dredge; to deepen with a dredging machine. R. Carew. Dredging machine, a machine (commonly on a boat) used to scoop up mud, gravel, or obstructions from the bottom of rivers, docks, etc., so as to deepen them.
Dredge, n. Etym: [OE. dragge, F. dragée, dredge, also, sugar plum; cf. Prov. dragea, It. treggea; corrupted fr. LL. tragemata, pl., sweetmeats, Gr.
Definition: A mixture of oats and barley. [Obs.] Kersey.
Dredge, v. t.
Definition: To sift or sprinkle flour, etc., on, as on roasting meat. Beau. & Fl. Dredging box. (a) Same as 2d Dredger. (b) (Gun.) A copper box with a perforated lid; -- used for sprinkling meal powder over shell fuses. Farrow.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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