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.
UNDERBEAR
Etymology
Verb
underbear (third-person singular simple present underbears, present participle underbearing, simple past underbare or underbore, past participle underborne)
To support, endure.
(transitive) To line, guard or face a material, especially cloth.
Source: Wiktionary
Un`der*bear", v. t. Etym: [AS. underberan. See Under, and Bear to support.]
1. To support; to endure. [Obs.] Shak.
2. To line; to guard; to face; as, cloth of gold underborne with blue tinsel. [Obs.] Shak.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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TRANSPOSITION
(noun) (music) playing in a different key from the key intended; moving the pitch of a piece of music upwards or downwards
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