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.
SIPE
Etymology
Noun
sipe (plural sipes)
(US) Slit in a tire to drain away surface water and improve traction.
(British, dialect) A drain.
Verb
sipe (third-person singular simple present sipes, present participle siping, simple past and past participle siped)
(US) To cut grooves in tires.
(intransitive, British) To drain, to filter through peat or reeds; to seep.
Anagrams
• EPIs, Epis, Peis, Seip, epis, ipes, pies, pisĂ©
Proper noun
Sipe (plural Sipes)
A surname.
Statistics
• According to the 2010 United States Census, Sipe is the 5791st most common surname in the United States, belonging to 5974 individuals. Sipe is most common among White (94.31%) individuals.
Anagrams
• EPIs, Epis, Peis, Seip, epis, ipes, pies, pisĂ©
Source: Wiktionary
Seep, or; Sipe, v. i. Etym: [AS. sipan to distill.]
Definition: To run or soak through fine pores and interstices; to ooze. [Scot. & U. S.] Water seeps up through the sidewalks. G. W. Cable.
Sipe, v. i.
Definition: See Seep. [Scot. & U.S.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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FOCUS
(noun) maximum clarity or distinctness of an image rendered by an optical system; “in focus”; “out of focus”
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