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.
ROUGHCASTED
Verb
roughcasted
simple past tense and past participle of roughcast
Source: Wiktionary
ROUGHCAST
Rough`cast", v. t.
1. To form in its first rudiments, without revision, correction, or polish. Dryden.
2. To mold without nicety or elegance; to form with asperities and inequalities.
3. To plaster with a mixture of lime and shells or pebbles; as, to roughcast a building.
Rough"cast`, n.
1. A rude model; the rudimentary, unfinished form of a thing.
2. A kind of plastering made of lime, with a mixture of shells or pebbles, used for covering buildings. Shak.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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