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.
TERRAE
Noun
terrae
plural of terra
Anagrams
• rerate, retear, tearer
Source: Wiktionary
TERRA
Ter"ra, n. Etym: [It. & L. See Terrace.]
Definition: The earth; earth. Terra alba Etym: [L., white earth] (Com.), a white amorphous earthy substance consisting of burnt gypsum, aluminium silicate (kaolin), or some similar ingredient, as magnesia. It is sometimes used to adulterate certain foods, spices, candies, paints, etc.
– Terra cotta. Etym: [It., fr. terra earth + cotta, fem. of cotto cooked, L. coctus, p.p. of coquere to cook. See Cook, n.] Baked clay; a kind of hard pottery used for statues, architectural decorations, figures, vases, and the like.
– Terræ filius Etym: [L., son of the earth], formerly, one appointed to write a satirical Latin poem at the public acts in the University of Oxford; -- not unlike the prevaricator at Cambridge, England.
– Terra firma Etym: [L.], firm or solid earth, as opposed to water.
– Terra Japonica. Etym: [NL.] Same as Gambier. It was formerly supposed to be a kind of earth from Japan.
– Terra Lemnia Etym: [L., Lemnian earth], Lemnian earth. See under Lemnian.
– Terra ponderosa Etym: [L., ponderous earth] (Min.), barite, or heavy spar.
– Terra di Sienna. See Sienna.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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