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.
ENGAGEMENTS
Noun
engagements
plural of engagement
Source: Wiktionary
ENGAGEMENT
En*gage"ment, n. Etym: [Cf. F. engagement.]
1. The act of engaging, pledging, enlisting, occupying, or entering into contest.
2. The state of being engaged, pledged or occupied; specif., a pledge to take some one as husband or wife.
3. That which engages; engrossing occupation; employment of the attention; obligation by pledge, promise, or contract; an enterprise embarked in; as, his engagements prevented his acceptance of any office. Religion, which is the chief engagement of our league. Milton.
4. (Mil.)
Definition: An action; a fight; a battle. In hot engagement with the Moors. Dryden.
5. (Mach.)
Definition: The state of being in gear; as, one part of a clutch is brought into engagement with the other part.
Syn.
– Vocation; business; employment; occupation; promise; stipulation; betrothal; word; battle; combat; fight; contest; conflict. See Battle.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
Word of the Day
25 November 2024
ONCHOCERCIASIS
(noun) infestation with slender threadlike roundworms (filaria) deposited under the skin by the bite of black fleas; when the eyes are involved it can result in blindness; common in Africa and tropical America
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