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.
SUMP
cesspool, cesspit, sink, sump
(noun) a covered cistern; waste water and sewage flow into it
sump
(noun) a well or other hole in which water has collected
sump
(noun) an oil reservoir in an internal combustion engine
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
sump (plural sumps)
A hollow or pit into which liquid drains, such as a cesspool, cesspit or sink.
The lowest part of a mineshaft into which water drains.
A completely flooded cave passage, sometimes passable by diving.
(automotive) The crankcase or oil reservoir of an internal combustion engine.
(nautical) The pit at the lowest point in a circulating or drainage system (FM 55-501).
(construction) An intentional depression around a drain or scupper that promotes drainage.
Verb
sump (third-person singular simple present sumps, present participle sumping, simple past and past participle sumped)
(intransitive) Of a cave passage, to end in a sump, or to fill completely with water on occasion.
Anagrams
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Source: Wiktionary
Sump, n. Etym: [Cf. G. sumpf a sump in a mine, a swamp, akin to LG. sump, D. somp a swamp, Dan. & Sw. sump, and perhaps to E. swamp.]
1. (Metal.)
Definition: A round pit of stone, lined with clay, for receiving the metal on its first fusion. Ray.
2. The cistern or reservoir made at the lowest point of a mine, from which is pumped the water which accumulates there.
3. A pond of water for salt works. Knight.
4. A puddle or dirty pool. [Prov. Eng.] Sump fuse, a fuse used in blasting under water.
– Sump men (Mining), the men who sink the sump in a mine.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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