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.
PEDOMETER
pedometer
(noun) measuring instrument for recording the number of steps taken in walking
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology 1
Noun
pedometer (plural pedometers)
A device, often electronic, that measures the number of steps taken, and thus estimates the distance walked.
Etymology 2
Noun
pedometer (plural pedometers)
(North American) Alternative spelling of paedometer
Anagrams
• pedometre
Source: Wiktionary
Pe*dom"e*ter, n. Etym: [Pedi-, pedo- + -meter: cf. F. pédomètre.] (Mech.)
Definition: An instrument for including the number of steps in walking, and so ascertaining the distance passed over. It is usually in the form of a watch; an oscillating weight by the motion of the body causes the index to advance a certain distance at each step.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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