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.
HUTCHES
Noun
hutches
plural of hutch
Source: Wiktionary
HUTCH
Hutch, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. Hutted; p. pr. & vb. n. Hutting.]
Definition: To place in huts; to live in huts; as, to hut troops in winter quarters. The troops hutted among the heights of Morristown. W. Irving.
Hutch, n. Etym: [OE. hucche, huche, hoche, F. huche, LL. hutica.]
1. A chest, box, coffer, bin, coop, or the like, in which things may be stored, or animals kept; as, a grain hutch; a rabbit hutch.
2. A measure of two Winchester bushels.
3. (Mining)
Definition: The case of a flour bolt.
4. (Mining) (a) A car on low wheels, in which coal is drawn in the mine and hoisted out of the pit. (b) A jig for washing ore. Bolting hutch, Booby hutch, etc. See under Bolting, etc.
Hutch, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hutched; p. pr. & vb. n. Hutching.]
1. To hoard or lay up, in a chest. [R.] "She hutched the . . . ore." Milton.
2. (Mining)
Definition: To wash (ore) in a box or jig.
HUTCH
Hutch, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. Hutted; p. pr. & vb. n. Hutting.]
Definition: To place in huts; to live in huts; as, to hut troops in winter quarters. The troops hutted among the heights of Morristown. W. Irving.
Hutch, n. Etym: [OE. hucche, huche, hoche, F. huche, LL. hutica.]
1. A chest, box, coffer, bin, coop, or the like, in which things may be stored, or animals kept; as, a grain hutch; a rabbit hutch.
2. A measure of two Winchester bushels.
3. (Mining)
Definition: The case of a flour bolt.
4. (Mining) (a) A car on low wheels, in which coal is drawn in the mine and hoisted out of the pit. (b) A jig for washing ore. Bolting hutch, Booby hutch, etc. See under Bolting, etc.
Hutch, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hutched; p. pr. & vb. n. Hutching.]
1. To hoard or lay up, in a chest. [R.] "She hutched the . . . ore." Milton.
2. (Mining)
Definition: To wash (ore) in a box or jig.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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