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.
UPTAKING
Verb
uptaking
present participle of uptake
Noun
uptaking (plural uptakings)
An understanding; comprehension.
Source: Wiktionary
UPTAKE
Up*take", v. t.
Definition: To take into the hand; to take up; to help. [Obs.] Wyclif. Spenser.
Up"take`, n. (Steam Boilers)
1. The pipe leading upward from the smoke box of a steam boiler to the chimney, or smokestack; a flue leading upward.
2. Understanding; apprehension. [Scot.] Sir W. Scott.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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