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.
UMPIRAGE
umpirage, officiation, officiating, refereeing
(noun) the act of umpiring; “the officiating was excellent”
umpirage
(noun) mediation by an umpire
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
umpirage (countable and uncountable, plural umpirages)
(legal, archaic) The office (or term of office) of an umpire
Source: Wiktionary
Um"pi*rage (; 48), n. Etym: [From Umpire.]
1. The office of an umpire; the power, right, or authority of an umpire to decide. The mind umpirage of the federal Union. E. Everett.
2. The act of umpiring; arbitrament. Bp. Hall.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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