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.
TYMPANS
Noun
tympans
plural of tympan
Source: Wiktionary
TYMPAN
Tym"pan, n. Etym: [F., fr. tympanum a kettledrum, a panel of a door. See Tympanum, and cf. Tymp.]
1. A drum. [Obs.]
2. (Arch.)
Definition: A panel; a tympanum.
3. (Print.)
Definition: A frame covered with parchment or cloth, on which the blank sheets are put, in order to be laid on the form to be impressed. Tympan sheet (Print.), a sheet of paper of the same size as that to be printed, pasted on the tympan, and serving as a guide in laying the sheets evenly for printing. W. Savage.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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