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.
OCTAVO
octavo, eightvo, vo
(noun) the size of a book whose pages are made by folding a sheet of paper three times to form eight leaves
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
From Latin.
Noun
octavo (plural octavos)
(paper, printing) A sheet of paper 7 to 10 inches (= 17.78 to 25.4 cm) high and 4.5 to 6 inches (= 11.43 to 15.24 cm) wide, the size varying with the large original sheet used to create it. It is made by folding the original sheet three times to produce eight leaves.
(printing) A book of octavo pages.
Synonyms
• (paper size): 8º, 8vo
• (book size): 8º, 8vo, O
Source: Wiktionary
Oc*ta"vo, n.;pl. Octavos. Etym: [L. in octavo; in in + octavo, abl. of octavus. See Octave.]
Definition: A book composed of sheets each of which is folded into eight leaves; hence, indicating more or less definitely a size of book so made; -- usually written 8vo or 8º.
Oc*ta"vo, a.
Definition: Having eight leaves to a sheet; as, an octavo form, book, leaf, size, etc.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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