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.
HULLING
Verb
hulling
present participle of hull
Source: Wiktionary
HULL
Hull, n. Etym: [OE. hul, hol, shell, husk, AS. hulu; akin to G. hülle covering, husk, case, hüllen to cover, Goth. huljan to cover, AS. helan to hele, conceal. sq. root17. See Hele, v. t., Hell.]
1. The outer covering of anything, particularly of a nut or of grain; the outer skin of a kernel; the husk.
2. Etym: [In this sense perh. influenced by D. hol hold of a ship, E. hold.] (Naut.)
Definition: The frame or body of a vessel, exclusive of her masts, yards, sails, and rigging. Deep in their hulls our deadly bullets light. Dryden. Hull down, said of a ship so distant that her hull is concealed by the convexity of the sea.
Hull, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hulled; p. pr. & vb. n. Hulling.]
1. To strip off or separate the hull or hulls of; to free from integument; as, to hull corn.
2. To pierce the hull of, as a ship, with a cannon ball.
Hull, v. i.
Definition: To toss or drive on the water, like the hull of a ship without sails. [Obs.] Shak. Milton.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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