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.
FETTING
Verb
fetting
present participle of fet
Source: Wiktionary
FET
Fet, n. Etym: [Cf. feat, F. fait, and It. fett slice, G. fetzen rag, Icel. fat garment.]
Definition: A piece. [Obs.] Dryton.
Fet, v. t. Etym: [OE. fetten, feten, AS. fetian; akin to AS. fæt a journey, and to E. foot; cf. G. fassen to seize. sq. root 77. See Foot, and cf. Fetch.]
Definition: To fetch. [Obs.] And from the other fifty soon the prisoner fet. Spenser.
Fet, p. p. of Fette.
Definition: Fetched. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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