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.
JAGGED
jagged, jaggy, scraggy
(adjective) having a sharply uneven surface or outline; “the jagged outline of the crags”; “scraggy cliffs”
erose, jagged, jaggy, notched, toothed
(adjective) having an irregularly notched or toothed margin as though gnawed
JAG
jag
(verb) cut teeth into; make a jagged cutting edge
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Adjective
jagged (comparative jaggeder, superlative jaggedest)
Unevenly cut; having the texture of something so cut.
Synonyms: serrated, Thesaurus:notched
Having a rough quality.
Synonyms: scraggy, Thesaurus:rough
(computing) Of an array, having a different cardinality in each dimension, such that a representation on paper would appear uneven.
Verb
jagged
simple past tense and past participle of jag
Source: Wiktionary
Jag"ged, a.
Definition: Having jags; having rough, sharp notches, protuberances, or teeth; cleft; laciniate; divided; as, jagged rocks. " Jagged vine leaves' shade." Trench.
– Jag"ged*ly, adv.
– Jag"ged*ness, n.
JAG
Jag, n. Etym: [Prob. of Celtic origin; cf. W. gag aperture, cleft, chink; akin to Ir. & Gael. gag.] [Written also jagg.]
1. A notch; a cleft; a barb; a ragged or sharp protuberance; a denticulation. Arethuss arose . . . From rock and from jag. Shelley. Garments thus beset with long jags. Holland.
2. A part broken off; a fragment. Bp. Hacket.
3. (Bot.)
Definition: A cleft or division. Jag bolt, a bolt with a nicked or barbed shank which resists retraction, as when leaded into stone.
Jag, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Jagged; p. pr. & vb. n. Jagging.]
Definition: To cut into notches or teeth like those of a saw; to notch. [Written also jagg. Jagging iron, a wheel with a zigzag or jagged edge for cutting cakes or pastry into ornamental figures.
Jag, n. Etym: [Scot. jag, jaug, a leather bag or wallet, a pocket. Cf. Jag a notch.]
Definition: A small load, as of hay or grain in the straw, or of ore. [Prov. Eng. & Colloq. U.S.] [Written also jagg.] Forby.
Jag, v. t.
Definition: To carry, as a load; as, to jag hay, etc. [Prov. Eng. & Colloq. U.S.]
JAGG
Jagg, v. t. & n.
Definition: See Jag.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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