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.
FRITTING
Verb
fritting
present participle of frit
Noun
fritting (uncountable)
The formation of frit or slag by heat with only incipient fusion.
Source: Wiktionary
Frit"ting, n. Etym: [See Frit to expose to heat.]
Definition: The formation of frit or slag by heat with but incipient fusion.
FRIT
Frit, n. Etym: [F. fritte, fr. frit fried, p. p. of frire to fry. See Far, v. t.]
1. (Glass Making)
Definition: The material of which glass is made, after having been calcined or partly fused in a furnace, but before vitrification. It is a composition of silex and alkali, occasionally with other ingredients. Ure.
2. (Ceramics)
Definition: The material for glaze of pottery. Frit brick, a lump of calcined glass materials, brought to a pasty condition in a reverberatory furnace, preliminary to the perfect vitrification in the melting pot.
Frit, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Fritted; p. pr. & vb. n. Fritting.]
Definition: To prepare by heat (the materials for making glass); to fuse partially. Ure.
Frit, v. t.
Definition: To fritter; -- with away. [R.] Ld. Lytton.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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