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.
FORTED
Verb
forted
simple past tense and past participle of fort
Adjective
forted (comparative more forted, superlative most forted)
Ensconced in or protected by a fort.
Source: Wiktionary
Fort"ed, a.
Definition: Furnished with, or guarded by, forts; strengthened or defended, as by forts. [R.] Shak.
FORT
Fort, n. Etym: [F., from fort strong, L. fortis; perh. akin to Skr. darh to fix, make firm, and to E. firm Cf. Forte, Force, Fortalice, Comfort, Effort.] (Mil.)
Definition: A strong or fortified place; usually, a small fortified place, occupied only by troops, surrounded with a ditch, rampart, and parapet, or with palisades, stockades, or other means of defense; a fortification. Detached works, depending solely on their own strength, belong to the class of works termed forts. Farrow.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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