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.
METED
Verb
meted
simple past tense and past participle of mete
Source: Wiktionary
METE
Mete, n.
Definition: Meat. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Mete, v. t. & i.
Definition: To meet. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Mete, v. i. & t. [imp. Mette; p. p. Met.] Etym: [AS. m.]
Definition: To dream; also impersonally; as, me mette, I dreamed. [Obs.] "I mette of him all night." Chaucer.
Mete, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Meted; p. pr. & vb. n. Meting.] Etym: [AS. metan; akin to D. meten, G. messen, OHG. mezzan, Icel. meta, Sw. mäta, Goth. mitan, L. modus measure, moderation, modius a corn measure, Gr. measure, L. metiri to measure; cf. Skr. ma to measure. sq. root99. Cf. Measure, Meet, a., Mode.]
Definition: To find the quantity, dimensions, or capacity of, by any rule or standard; to measure.
Mete, v. i.
Definition: To measure. [Obs.] Mark iv. 24.
Mete, n. Etym: [AS. met. See Mete to measure.]
Definition: Measure; limit; boundary; -- used chiefly in the plural, and in the phrase metes and bounds.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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