Raw coffee beans, soaked in water and spices, are chewed like candy in many parts of Africa.
abyss, abysm
(noun) a bottomless gulf or pit; any unfathomable (or apparently unfathomable) cavity or chasm or void extending below (often used figuratively)
Source: WordNet® 3.1
abysm (plural abysms)
(archaic, poetic) Hell; the infernal pit; the great deep; the primal chaos. [from between 1150 and 1350]
(now chiefly, literary) An abyss; a gulf, a chasm, a very deep hole. [from late 15th century]
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Source: Wiktionary
A*bysm", n. Etym: [OF. abisme; F. abime, LL. abyssimus, a superl. of L. abyssus; Gr. Abyss.]
Definition: An abyss; a gulf. "The abysm of hell." Shak.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
23 December 2024
(noun) Australian tree having hard white timber and glossy green leaves with white flowers followed by one-seeded glossy blue fruit
Raw coffee beans, soaked in water and spices, are chewed like candy in many parts of Africa.