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.
PROXIES
Noun
proxies
plural of proxy
Source: Wiktionary
PROXY
Prox"y, n.; pl. Proxies. Etym: [Contr. from procuracy. Cf. Proctor.]
1. The agency for another who acts through the agent; authority to act for another, esp. to vote in a legislative or corporate capacity. I have no man's proxy: I speak only for myself. Burke.
2. The person who is substituted or deputed to act or vote for another. Every peer . . . may make another lord of parliament his proxy, to vote for him in his absence. Blackstone.
3. A writing by which one person authorizes another to vote in his stead, as in a corporation meeting.
4. (Eng. Law)
Definition: The written appointment of a proctor in suits in the ecclesiastical courts. Burrill.
5. (Eccl.)
Definition: See Procuration. [Obs.]
Prox"y, v. i.
Definition: To act or vote by proxy; to do anything by the agency of another. [R.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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