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.
PITCHPOLE
Etymology
Verb
pitchpole (third-person singular simple present pitchpoles, present participle pitchpoling, simple past and past participle pitchpoled)
(of a boat) To capsize end over end, as in heavy surf.
• Pitchpoling is the most dangerous way a boat can capsize.
• Pitchpoling occurs when the bow buries itself in the wave ahead while the wave behind lifts the aft section up and over.
Source: Wiktionary
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RESTITUTION
(noun) getting something back again; “upon the restitution of the book to its rightful owner the child was given a tongue lashing”
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