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.
ORDINATING
Verb
ordinating
present participle of ordinate
Source: Wiktionary
ORDINATE
Or"di*nate, a. Etym: [L. ordinatus, p. p. of ordinare. See Ordain.]
Definition: Well-ordered; orderly; regular; methodical. "A life blissful and ordinate." Chaucer. Ordinate figure (Math.), a figure whose sides and angles are equal; a regular figure.
Or"di*nate, n. (Geom.)
Definition: The distance of any point in a curve or a straight line, measured on a line called the axis of ordinates or on a line parallel to it, from another line called the axis of abscissas, on which the corresponding abscissa of the point is measured.
Note: The ordinate and abscissa, taken together, are called coördinates, and define the position of the point with reference to the two axes named, the intersection of which is called the origin of coördinates. See Coordinate.
Or"di*nate, v. t.
Definition: To appoint, to regulate; to harmonize. Bp. Hall.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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