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.
TINT
shade, tint, tincture, tone
(noun) a quality of a given color that differs slightly from another color; “after several trials he mixed the shade of pink that she wanted”
trace, hint, tint, suggestion
(noun) a just detectable amount; “he speaks French with a trace of an accent”; “a hint mockery in her manner”; “a tint of glamour”
tint, tinct, tinge, touch
(verb) color lightly; “her greying hair was tinged blond”; “the leaves were tinged red in November”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology 1
Noun
tint (plural tints)
A slight coloring.
A pale or faint tinge of any color; especially, a variation of a color obtained by adding white (contrast shade)
A color considered with reference to other very similar colors.
A shaded effect in engraving, produced by the juxtaposition of many fine parallel lines.
Verb
tint (third-person singular simple present tints, present participle tinting, simple past and past participle tinted)
(transitive, intransitive) To shade, to color.
Etymology 2
Contraction
tint
(Yorkshire, colloquial) it is not; it isn't; 'tisn't; it'sn't
Source: Wiktionary
Tint, n. Etym: [For older tinct, fr. L. tinctus, p.p. of tingere to dye: cf. F. teinte, teint, It. tinta, tinto. See Tinge, and cf. Taint to stain, a stain, Tent a kind of wine, Tinto.]
Definition: A slight coloring. Specifically: -- (a) A pale or faint tinge of any color. Or blend in beauteous tints the colored mass. Pope. Their vigor sickens, and their tints decline. Harte.
(b) A color considered with reference to other very similar colors; as, red and blue are different colors, but two shades of scarlet are different tints. (c) (Engraving) A shaded effect produced by the juxtaposition of many fine parallel lines. Tint tool (Eng.), a species of graver used for cutting the parallel lines which produce tints in engraving.
Tint, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Tinted; p. pr. & vb. n. Tinting.]
Definition: To give a slight coloring to; to tinge.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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