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.
MEGASCOPE
Etymology
Noun
megascope (plural megascopes)
A modification of the magic lantern, used especially for throwing a magnified image of an opaque object on a screen, solar or artificial light being used.
(photography) An enlarging camera.
Source: Wiktionary
Meg"a*scope, n. Etym: [Mega- + -scope: cf. F. mégascope.]
Definition: A modification of the magic lantern, used esp. for throwing a magnified image of an opaque object on a screen, solar or artificial light being used.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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