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.
EXCISIONS
Noun
excisions
plural of excision
Source: Wiktionary
EXCISION
Ex*ci"sion, n. Etym: [L. excisio: cf. F. excision. See Excide.]
1. The act of excising or cutting out or off; extirpation; destruction. Such conquerors are the instruments of vengeance on those nations that have . . . grown ripe for excision. Atterbury.
2. (Eccl.)
Definition: The act of cutting off from the church; excommunication.
3. (Surg.)
Definition: The removal, especially of small parts, with a cutting instrument. Dunglison.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
Recent Word Finds
Word of the Day
1 March 2025
AROMATIC
(adjective) (chemistry) of or relating to or containing one or more benzene rings; “an aromatic organic compound”
Coffee Trivia
