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.
RATION
ration
(noun) the food allowance for one day (especially for service personnel); “the rations should be nutritionally balanced”
ration
(noun) a fixed portion that is allotted (especially in times of scarcity)
ration, ration out
(verb) distribute in rations, as in the army; “Cigarettes are rationed”
ration
(verb) restrict the consumption of a relatively scarce commodity, as during war; “Bread was rationed during the siege of the city”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
ration (plural rations)
A portion of some limited resource allocated to a person or group.
Verb
ration (third-person singular simple present rations, present participle rationing, simple past and past participle rationed)
(transitive) To supply with a ration; to limit (someone) to a specific allowance of something.
(transitive) To portion out (especially during a shortage of supply); to limit access to.
(transitive) To restrict (an activity etc.)
Synonyms
• Hooverize
Anagrams
• Natori, Nortia, Torain, Torian, Triano, Troian, aroint
Source: Wiktionary
Ra"tion, n. Etym: [F., fr. L. ratio a reckoning, calculation, relation, reference, LL. ratio ration. See Ratio.]
1. A fixed daily allowance of provisions assigned to a soldier in the army, or a sailor in the navy, for his subsistence.
Note: Officers have several rations, the number varying according to their rank or the number of their attendants.
2. Hence, a certain portion or fixed amount dealt out; an allowance; an allotment.
Ra"tion, v. t.
Definition: To supply with rations, as a regiment.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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