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.
LOTTED
LOT
distribute, administer, mete out, deal, parcel out, lot, dispense, shell out, deal out, dish out, allot, dole out
(verb) administer or bestow, as in small portions; “administer critical remarks to everyone present”; “dole out some money”; “shell out pocket money for the children”; “deal a blow to someone”; “the machine dispenses soft drinks”
lot
(verb) divide into lots, as of land, for example
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
lotted
simple past tense and past participle of lot
Adjective
lotted (comparative more lotted, superlative most lotted)
Apportioned or decided by lot; allotted.
Anagrams
• dottle, tolted
Source: Wiktionary
LOT
Lot, n. Etym: [AS. hlot; akin to hleĂłtan to cast lots, OS. hl lot, D. lot, G. loos, OHG. l, Icel. hlutr, Sw. lott, Dan. lod, Goth. hlauts. Cf. Allot, Lotto, Lottery.]
1. That which happens without human design or forethought; chance; accident; hazard; fortune; fate. But save my life, which lot before your foot doth lay. Spenser.
2. Anything (as a die, pebble, ball, or slip of paper) used in determining a question by chance, or without man's choice or will; as, to cast or draw lots. The lot is cast into the lap, but the whole disposing thereof is of the Lord. Prov. xvi. 33. If we draw lots, he speeds. Shak.
3. The part, or fate, which falls to one, as it were, by chance, or without his planning. O visions ill foreseen! Each day's lot's Enough to bear. Milton. He was but born to try The lot of man -- to suffer and to die. Pope.
4. A separate portion; a number of things taken collectively; as, a lot of stationery; -- colloquially, sometimes of people; as, a sorry lot; a bad lot. I, this winter, met with a very large lot of English heads, chiefly of the reign of James I. Walpole.
5. A distinct portion or plot of land, usually smaller than a field; as, a building lot in a city. The defendants leased a house and lot in the city of New York. Kent.
6. A large quantity or number; a great deal; as, to spend a lot of money; lots of people think so. [Colloq.] He wrote to her . . . he might be detained in London by a lot of business. W. Black.
7. A prize in a lottery. [Obs.] Evelyn. To cast in one's lot with, to share the fortunes of.
– To cast lots, to use or throw a die, or some other instrument, by the unforeseen turn or position of which, an event is by previous agreement determined.
– To draw lots, to determine an event, or make a decision, by drawing one thing from a number whose marks are concealed from the drawer.
– To pay scot and lot, to pay taxes according to one's ability. See Scot.
Lot, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Lotted; p. pr. & vb. n. Lotting.]
Definition: To allot; to sort; to portion. [R.] To lot on or upon, to count or reckon upon; to expect with pleasure. [Colloq. U. S.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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