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.
INGRAINING
inculcation, ingraining, instilling
(noun) teaching or impressing upon the mind by frequent instruction or repetition
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Verb
ingraining
present participle of ingrain
Source: Wiktionary
INGRAIN
In"grain`, a. Etym: [Pref. in- in + grain kermes. See Engrain, Grain.]
1. Dyed with grain, or kermes. [Obs.]
2. Dyed before manufacture, -- said of the material of a textile fabric; hence, in general, thoroughly inwrought; forming an essential part of the substance. Ingrain carpet, a double or two-ply carpet.
– Triple ingrain carpet, a three-ply carpet.
In"grain`, n.
Definition: An ingrain fabric, as a carpet.
In"grain`, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Ingrained; p. pr. & vb. n. Ingraining.] Etym: [Written also engrain.]
1. To dye with or in grain or kermes.
2. To dye in the grain, or before manufacture.
3. To work into the natural texture or into the mental or moral constitution of; to stain; to saturate; to imbue; to infix deeply. Our fields ingrained with blood. Daniel. Cruelty and jealousy seem to be ingrained in a man who has these vices at all. Helps.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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