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.
ICEBERG
iceberg, berg
(noun) a large mass of ice floating at sea; usually broken off of a polar glacier
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
iceberg (plural icebergs)
A huge mass of ocean-floating ice which has broken off a glacier or ice shelf
(US, slang) An aloof person.
(figuratively, after an adjective) An impending disastrous event whose adverse effects are only beginning to show, in reference to one-tenth of the volume of an iceberg being visible above water.
Source: Wiktionary
Ice"berg`, n. Etym: [Prob. of Scand. origin; cf. Dan. iisbierg, Sw. isberg, properly, a mountain of ice. See Ice, and Berg.]
Definition: A large mass of ice, generally floating in the ocean.
Note: Icebergs are large detached portions of glaciers, which in cold regions often project into the sea.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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COVERT
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