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.
PLANCH
Etymology
Noun
planch (plural planches)
(obsolete) A plank.
Verb
planch (third-person singular simple present planches, present participle planching, simple past and past participle planched)
(obsolete, transitive) To make or cover with planks or boards.
Source: Wiktionary
Planch, n. Etym: [F. planche.]
Definition: A plank. [Obs.] Ld. Berners.
Planch, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Planched; p. pr. & vb. n. Planching.] Etym: [F. planche a board, plank. See Plank.]
Definition: To make or cover with planks or boards; to plank. [Obs.] "To that vineyard is a planched gate." Shak.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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