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.
kilting
present participle of kilt
kilting (plural kiltings)
A method of vertically arranging flat plaits such that each plait is folded so as to cover half the of the one before it.
• kitling
Source: Wiktionary
Kilt"ing, n. (Dressmaking)
Definition: A perpendicular arrangement of flat, single plaits, each plait being folded so as to cover half the breadth of the preceding one.
Kilt (,
Definition: p. p. from Kill. [Obs.] Spenser.
Kilt, n. Etym: [OGael. cealt clothes, or rather perh. fr. Dan. kilte op to truss, tie up, tuck up.]
Definition: A kind of short petticoat, reaching from the waist to the knees, worn in the Highlands of Scotland by men, and in the Lowlands by young boys; a filibeg. [Written also kelt.]
Kilt, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Kilted; p. pr. & vb. n. Kilting.]
Definition: To tuck up; to truss up, as the clothes. [Scot.] Sir W. Scott.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
22 February 2025
(noun) the use of closed-class words instead of inflections: e.g., ‘the father of the bride’ instead of ‘the bride’s father’
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.