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.
UPSHOOT
Etymology
Verb
upshoot (third-person singular simple present upshoots, present participle upshooting, simple past and past participle upshot)
(intransitive) To shoot upward.
Noun
upshoot (plural upshoots)
(pathology) An involuntary upward movement of the eye
Anagrams
• Pushtoo, outshop, shoot up
Source: Wiktionary
Up*shoot", v. i.
Definition: To shoot upward. "Trees upshooting high." Spenser.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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TEMPORIZE
(verb) draw out a discussion or process in order to gain time; “The speaker temporized in order to delay the vote”
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