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.
NICTITATING
Etymology
Adjective
nictitating (comparative more nictitating, superlative most nictitating)
winking, blinking
Verb
nictitating
present participle of nictitate
Source: Wiktionary
NICTITATE
Nic"ti*tate, v. i. Etym: [See Nictate.]
Definition: To wink; to nictate. Nictitating membrance (Anat.), a thin membrance, found in many animals at the inner angle, or beneath the lower lid, of the eye, and capable of being drawn across the eyeball; the third eyelid; the haw.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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TRANSPOSITION
(noun) (music) playing in a different key from the key intended; moving the pitch of a piece of music upwards or downwards
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