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.
HUSKED
Verb
husked
simple past tense and past participle of husk
Adjective
husked (not comparable)
Covered with a husk.
Stripped of its husk.
Anagrams
• dehusk
Source: Wiktionary
Husked, a.
1. Covered with a husk.
2. Stripped of husks; deprived of husks.
HUSK
Husk, n. Etym: [Prob. for hulsk, and from the same root as hull a husk. See Hull a husk.]
1. The external covering or envelope of certain fruits or seeds; glume; hull; rind; in the United States, especially applied to the covering of the ears of maize.
2. The supporting frame of a run of millstones. Husks of the prodigal son (Bot.), the pods of the carob tree. See Carob.
Husk, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Husked; p. pr. & vb. n. Husking.]
Definition: To strip off the external covering or envelope of; as, to husk Indian corn.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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