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.
INCHOATES
Noun
inchoates
plural of inchoate
Anagrams
• Noachites, choanites, thiocanes
Source: Wiktionary
INCHOATE
In"cho*ate, a. Etym: [L. inchoatus, better incohatus, p. p. of incohare to begin.]
Definition: Recently, or just, begun; beginning; partially but not fully in existence or operation; existing in its elements; incomplete.
– In"cho*ate*ly, adv. Neither a substance perfect, nor a substance inchoate. Raleigh.
In"cho*ate, v. t.
Definition: To begin. [Obs.] Dr. H. More.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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