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.
LODGMENT
lodgment, lodgement, lodging
(noun) the state or quality of being lodged or fixed even temporarily; “the lodgment of the balloon in the tree”
lodgment, lodgement
(noun) bringing a charge or accusation against someone
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Noun
lodgment (countable and uncountable, plural lodgments)
An area used for lodging; a place in which a person or thing is or can be lodged.
The condition of being lodged.
The act of lodging or depositing.
(military, historical) The occupation of a position by a besieging party, and the works thrown up to maintain it.
Source: Wiktionary
Lodg"ment, n. [Written also lodgement.] Etym: [Cf. F. logement. See Lodge, v.]
1. The act of lodging, or the state of being lodged. Any particle which is of size enough to make a lodgment afterwards in the small arteries. Paley.
2. A lodging place; a room. [Obs.]
3. An accumulation or collection of something deposited in a place or remaining at rest.
4. (Mil.)
Definition: The occupation and holding of a position, as by a besieging party; an instrument thrown up in a captured position; as, to effect a lodgment.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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CATCH
(verb) grasp with the mind or develop an understanding of; “did you catch that allusion?”; “We caught something of his theory in the lecture”; “don’t catch your meaning”; “did you get it?”; “She didn’t get the joke”; “I just don’t get him”
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