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.
INJECTIONS
Noun
injections
plural of injection
Source: Wiktionary
INJECTION
In*jec"tion, n. Etym: [L. injectio : cf.F. injection.]
1. The act of injecting or throwing in; -- applied particularly to the forcible throwing in of a liquid, or aëriform body, by means of a syringe, pump, etc.
2. That which is injected; especially, a liquid medicine thrown into a cavity of the body by a syringe or pipe; a clyster; an enema. Mayne.
3. (Anat.) (a) The act or process of filling vessels, cavities, or tissues with a fluid or other substance. (b) A specimen prepared by injection.
4. (Steam Eng.) (a) The act of throwing cold water into a condenser to produce a vacuum. (b) The cold water thrown into a condenser. Injection cock, or Injection valve (Steam Eng.), the cock or valve through which cold water is admitted into a condenser.
– Injection condenser. See under Condenser.
– Injection pipe, the pipe through which cold water is through into the condenser of a steam engine.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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