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.
FIXTURE
repair, fix, fixing, fixture, mend, mending, reparation
(noun) the act of putting something in working order again
fixture
(noun) an object firmly fixed in place (especially in a household)
fastness, fixedness, fixity, fixture, secureness
(noun) the quality of being fixed in place as by some firm attachment
regular, habitue, fixture
(noun) a regular patron; “an habitue of the racetrack”; “a bum who is a Central Park fixture”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
fixture (plural fixtures)
(legal) Something that is fixed in place, especially a permanent appliance or other item of personal property that is considered part of a house and is sold with it; compare fitting, furnishing.
A regular patron of a place or institution.
A lighting unit; a luminaire.
(sports) A scheduled match.
(computing, programming) A state that can be recreated, used as a baseline for running software tests.
A work-holding or support device used in the manufacturing industry.
Verb
fixture (third-person singular simple present fixtures, present participle fixturing, simple past and past participle fixtured)
(transitive) To furnish with, as, or in a fixture.
(transitive, sports, Australia, New Zealand) To schedule (a match).
Source: Wiktionary
Fix"ture, n. Etym: [Cf. Fixture.]
1. That which is fixed or attached to something as a permanent appendage; as, the fixtures of a pump; the fixtures of a farm or of a dwelling, that is, the articles which a tenant may not take away.
2. State of being fixed; fixedness. The firm fixture of thy foot. Shak.
3. (Law)
Definition: Anything of an accessory character annexed to houses and lands, so as to constitute a part of them. This term is, however, quite frequently used in the peculiar sense of personal chattels annexed to lands and tenements, but removable by the person annexing them, or his personal representatives. In this latter sense, the same things may be fixtures under some circumstances, and not fixtures under others. Wharton (Law Dict. ). Bouvier.
Note: This word is frequently substituted for fixure (formerly the word in common use) in new editions of old works.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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