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.
FOLIATING
Verb
foliating
present participle of foliate
Source: Wiktionary
FOLIATE
Fo"li*ate (, a. Etym: [L. foliatus leaved, leafy, fr. folium leaf. See Foliage.] (Bot.)
Definition: Furnished with leaves; leafy; as, a foliate stalk. Foliate curve. (Geom.) Same as Folium.
Fo"li*ate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Foliated; p. pr. & vb. n. Foliating.]
1. To beat into a leaf, or thin plate. Bacon.
2. To spread over with a thin coat of tin and quicksilver; as, to foliate a looking-glass.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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