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.
TICAL
baht, tical
(noun) the basic unit of money in Thailand
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
tical (plural ticals)
An old Thai measurement of weight, the baht, of about 15 grams.
A Burmese measurement of weight, the kyattha, of about 16.3293 grams (0.576 ounces).
(archaic) The baht, the currency of Siam (now Thailand).
(archaic) A former currency of Cambodia.
Anagrams
• CLAIT, Latic, cital, ictal
Source: Wiktionary
Ti*cal", n.
1. A bean-shaped coin of Siam, worth about sixty cents; also, a weight equal to 236 grains troy. Malcom.
2. A money of account in China, reckoning at about $1.60; also, a weight of about four ounces avoirdupois.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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