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.
FOOLSCAP
foolscap
(noun) a size of paper used especially in Britain
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Probably from a watermark of a fool's cap.
Noun
foolscap (plural foolscaps)
Alternative form of fool's cap
(strictly) Writing paper sheets measuring 13.25 x 16.5 inches
(more usually) Such a sheet folded or cut in half, thus approximately 8 x 13.25 inches.
Printing paper measuring 13.5 inches x 17 inches.
Source: Wiktionary
Fools"cap`, n. Etym: [So called from the watermark of a fool's cap and bells used by old paper makers. See Fool's cap, under Fool.]
Definition: A writing paper made in sheets, ordinarily 16 x 13 inches, and folded so as to make a page 13 x 8 inches. See Paper.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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