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.
LABIAL
labial
(adjective) relating to or near the female labium
labial
(adjective) of or relating to the lips of the mouth; “labial stops”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
labial (not comparable)
Of or pertaining to the lips or labia.
(linguistics, phonetics) Articulated by the lips, as the consonants b, m and w.
(dentistry) Of an incisor or canine, on the side facing the lips. See mesial.
(music) Furnished with lips.
Coordinate terms
• (linguistics): coronal, dorsal, radical, laryngeal
Noun
labial (plural labials)
(linguistics) A consonant articulated by the lips.
(music) An organ pipe having a lip that influences its sound.
Any of the scales bordering the mouth opening of a reptile.
Hyponyms
• (linguistics): bilabial, labiodental
Anagrams
• abilla, ballia
Source: Wiktionary
La"bi*al, a. Etym: [LL. labialis, fr. L. labium lip: cf. F. labial. See Lip.]
1. Of or pertaining to the lips or labia; as, labial veins.
2. (Mus.)
Definition: Furnished with lips; as, a labial organ pipe.
3. (Phonetics) (a) Articulated, as a consonant, mainly by the lips, as b, p, m, w. (b) Modified, as a vowel, by contraction of the lip opening, as oo (food), o (old), etc., and as eu and u in French, and ö, ü in German. See Guide to Pronunciation,
4. (Zoöl.)
Definition: Of or pertaining to the labium; as, the labial palpi of insects. See Labium.
La"bi*al, n.
1. (Phonetics)
Definition: A letter or character representing an articulation or sound formed or uttered chiefly with the lips, as b, p, w.
2. (Mus.)
Definition: An organ pipe that is furnished with lips; a flue pipe.
3. (Zoöl.)
Definition: One of the scales which border the mouth of a fish or reptile.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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