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.
PEAKING
Verb
peaking
present participle of peak
Noun
peaking (plural peakings)
The act of something reaching a peak.
Adjective
peaking (comparative more peaking, superlative most peaking)
peaky; sickly; pining
Source: Wiktionary
Peak"ing, a.
1. Mean; sneaking. [Vulgar]
2. Pining; sickly; peakish. [Colloq.]
PEAK
Peak, n. Etym: [OE. pek, AS. peac, perh of Celtic origin; cf. Ir. peac a sharp-pointed thing. Cf. Pike.]
1. A point; the sharp end or top of anything that terminates in a point; as, the peak, or front, of a cap. "Run your beard into a peak." Beau. & Fl.
2. The top, or one of the tops, of a hill, mountain, or range, ending in a point; often, the whole hill or mountain, esp. when isolated; as, the Peak of Teneriffe. Silent upon a peak in Darien. Keats.
3. (Naut.) (a) The upper aftermost corner of a fore-and-aft sail; -- used in many combinations; as, peak-halyards, peak-brails, etc. (b) The narrow part of a vessel's bow, or the hold within it. (c) The extremity of an anchor fluke; the bill. [In the last sense written also pea and pee.] Fore peak. (Naut.) See under Fore.
Peak, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Peaked; p. pr. & vb. n. Peaking.]
1. To rise or extend into a peak or point; to form, or appear as, a peak. There peaketh up a mighty high mount. Holand.
2. To acquire sharpness of figure or features; hence, to look thin or sicky. "Dwindle, peak, and pine." Shak.
3. Etym: [Cf. Peek.]
Definition: To pry; to peep slyly. Shak. Peak arch (Arch.), a pointed or Gothic arch.
Peak, v. t. (Naut.)
Definition: To raise to a position perpendicular, or more nearly so; as, to peak oars, to hold them upright; to peak a gaff or yard, to set it nearer the perpendicular.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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