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.
UNFLESHED
Etymology
Adjective
unfleshed (not comparable)
Having no flesh.
(of a weapon) Not accustomed to flesh; not having been used in combat.
[…] he was an old man, but he loved to encircle his bare temples with an iron helmet, and to try his well used sword against the unfleshed blades of the sons of his companions in arms in days gone by.
Source: Wiktionary
UNFLESH
Un*flesh", v. t. Etym: [1st pref. un- + flesh.]
Definition: To deprive of flesh; to reduce a skeleton. "Unfleshed humanity." Wordsworth.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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ONCHOCERCIASIS
(noun) infestation with slender threadlike roundworms (filaria) deposited under the skin by the bite of black fleas; when the eyes are involved it can result in blindness; common in Africa and tropical America
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