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.
JETTISON
jettison
(verb) throw as from an airplane
jettison
(verb) throw away, of something encumbering
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
jettison (plural jettisons)
(uncountable, collective) Items that have been or are about to be ejected from a boat or balloon.
Synonym: jetsam ballast
(countable) The action of jettisoning items.
Verb
jettison (third-person singular simple present jettisons, present participle jettisoning, simple past and past participle jettisoned)
To eject from a boat, submarine, aircraft, spaceship or hot-air balloon, so as to lighten the load.
(figurative) To let go or get rid of as being useless or defective.
Synonyms: discard, chuck, ditch, dump, junk, lose, Thesaurus:junk
Source: Wiktionary
Jet"ti*son. n. Etym: [See Jetsam.]
1. (Mar. Law)
Definition: The throwing overboard of goods from necessity, in order to lighten a vessel in danger of wreck.
2. See Jetsam, 1.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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