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.
RETORTION
Noun
retortion (countable and uncountable, plural retortions)
Alternative form of retorsion
Source: Wiktionary
Re*tor"tion, n. Etym: [Cf. F. rétorsion. See Retort, v. t.]
1. Act of retorting or throwing back; reflection or turning back. [Written also retorsion.] It was, however, necessary to possess some single term expressive of this intellectual retortion. Sir W. Hamilton.
2. (Law)
Definition: Retaliation. Wharton.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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