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.
FORDING
ford, fording
(noun) the act of crossing a stream or river by wading or in a car or on a horse
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Verb
fording
present participle of ford
Noun
fording (plural fordings)
The act by which something is forded.
Fording place
Source: Wiktionary
FORD
Ford, n. Etym: [AS. ford; akin to G. furt, Icel. f bay, and to E. fare. Fare, v. i., and cf. Frith arm of the sea.]
1. A place in a river, or other water, where it may passed by man or beast on foot, by wading. He swam the Esk river where ford there was none. Sir W. Scott.
2. A stream; a current. With water of the ford Or of the clouds. Spenser. Permit my ghost to pass the Stygford. Dryden.
Ford, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Forded; p. pr. & vb. n. Fording.]
Definition: To pass or cross, as a river or other water, by wading; to wade through. His last section, which is no deep one, remains only to be forted. Milton.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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