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.
PULMOTOR
Etymology
Noun
pulmotor (plural pulmotors)
An apparatus for producing artificial respiration by pumping oxygen and/or air into and out of the lungs, as of a person who has been asphyxiated by drowning, breathing poisonous gases, etc.
Source: Wiktionary
Pul"mo`tor, n. [L. pulmo lung + E. motor.]
Definition: An apparatus for producing artificial respiration by pumping oxygen or air or a mixture of the two into and out of the lungs, as of a person who has been asphyxiated by drowning, breathing poisonous gases, or the like, or of one who has been stunned by an electrical shock.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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