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.
TRIPODS
Noun
tripods
plural of tripod
Verb
tripods
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of tripod
Anagrams
• disport, torpids
Source: Wiktionary
TRIPOD
Tri"pod, n. Etym: [L. tripus, -odis, Gr. Tri-) + Foot, and cf. Tripos, Trivet.]
1. Any utensil or vessel, as a stool, table, altar, caldron, etc., supported on three feet.
Note: On such, a stool, in the temple of Apollo at Delphi, the Pythian priestess sat while giving responses to those consulting the Delphic oracle.
2. A three-legged frame or stand, usually jointed at top, for supporting a theodolite, compass, telescope, camera, or other instrument. Tripod of life, or Vital tripod (Physiol.), the three organs, the heart, lungs, and brain; -- so called because their united action is necessary to the maintenance of life.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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