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.
KYANIZE
Etymology
Verb
kyanize (third-person singular simple present kyanizes, present participle kyanizing, simple past and past participle kyanized)
To preserve wood from decay by soaking it in a solution of mercuric chloride
Source: Wiktionary
Ky"an*ize, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Kyanized; p. pr. & vb. n. Kyanizing.] Etym: [From Mr. Kyan, the inventor of the process.]
Definition: To render (wood) proof against decay by saturating with a solution of corrosive sublimate in open tanks, or under pressure.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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