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.
PENTICE
Etymology
Noun
pentice (plural pentices)
An extension of a building's roof and the protected area beneath; an appentice.
A covered walkway.
(mining) An unexcavated portion of a shaftway, intended to afford protection from falling debris to workers at the bottom of the shaft during certain stages of mining.
Synonyms
• (appentice): pent
Anagrams
• pectine
Source: Wiktionary
Pen"tice, n. Etym: [F. appentis a penthouse. See Append.]
Definition: A penthouse. [Obs.] Sir H. Wotton.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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