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.
SCRATTING
Verb
scratting
present participle of scrat
Source: Wiktionary
SCRAT
Scrat, v. t. Etym: [OE. scratten. Cf. Scratch.]
Definition: To scratch. [Obs.] Burton.
Scrat, v. i.
Definition: To rake; to search. [Obs.] Mir. for Mag.
Scrat, n. Etym: [Cf. AS. scritta an hermaphrodite, Ir. scrut a scrub, a low, mean person, Gael. sgrut, sgruit, an old, shriveled person.]
Definition: An hermaphrodite. [Obs.] Skinner.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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