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.
RATCH
ratchet, rachet, ratch
(noun) mechanical device consisting of a toothed wheel or rack engaged with a pawl that permits it to move in only one direction
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology 1
Noun
ratch (plural ratches)
Alternative form of rach
Etymology 2
Noun
ratch (plural ratches)
Alternative form of rotche
Etymology 3
Noun
ratch (plural ratches)
A ratchet wheel.
A white mark on a horse's face.
Verb
ratch (third-person singular simple present ratches, present participle ratching, simple past and past participle ratched)
(transitive) To stretch.
(transitive) To streak.
(intransitive) To sail by tacks.
Anagrams
• chart, trach
Source: Wiktionary
Ratch, n. (Zoöl.)
Definition: Same as Rotche.
Ratch, n. Etym: [See Rack the instrument, Ratchet.]
Definition: A ratchet wheel, or notched bar, with which a pawl or chick works.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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