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.
OVERSETTING
Verb
oversetting
present participle of overset
Anagrams
• overtesting
Source: Wiktionary
OVERSET
O`ver*set", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Overset; p. pr. & vb. n. Oversetting. ]
1. To turn or tip (anything) over from an upright, or a proper, position so that it lies upon its side or bottom upwards; to upset; as, to overset a chair, a coach, a ship, or a building. Dryden.
2. To cause to fall, or to tail; to subvert; to overthrow; as, to overset a government or a plot. Addison.
3. To fill too full. [Obs.] Howell.
O`ver*set", v. i.
Definition: To turn, or to be turned, over; to be upset. Mortimer.
O"ver*set`, n.
1. An upsetting; overturn; overthrow; as, the overset of a carriage.
2. An excess; superfluity. [Obs.] "This overset of wealth and pomp. " Bp. Burnel.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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