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.
SECTILE
Etymology
Adjective
sectile (comparative more sectile, superlative most sectile)
Capable of being cut.
(mineralogy) Capable of being cut smoothly with a knife.
Having the appearance of being divided.
Source: Wiktionary
Sec"tile, a. Etym: [L. sectilis, fr. secare, sectum, to cut: cf. F. sectile. See Section.]
Definition: Capable of being cut; specifically (Min.), capable of being severed by the knife with a smooth cut; -- said of minerals.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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