Raw coffee beans, soaked in water and spices, are chewed like candy in many parts of Africa.
abrades
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of abrade
• Sabedra, abrased, badarse
Source: Wiktionary
Ab*rade", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Abraded; p. pr. & vb. n. Abrading.] Etym: [L. abradere, abrasum, to scrape off; ab + radere to scrape. See Rase, Raze.]
Definition: To rub or wear off; to waste or wear away by friction; as, to abrade rocks. Lyell.
A*brade", v. t.
Definition: Same as Abraid. [Obs.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
27 April 2024
(adjective) remarkable or out of the ordinary in degree or magnitude or effect; “a great crisis”; “had a great stake in the outcome”
Raw coffee beans, soaked in water and spices, are chewed like candy in many parts of Africa.