Raw coffee beans, soaked in water and spices, are chewed like candy in many parts of Africa.
ARMATURED
Etymology
Adjective
armatured (not comparable)
Fitted with an armature.
Verb
armatured
simple past tense and past participle of armature
Anagrams
• dura mater
Source: Wiktionary
ARMATURE
Ar"ma*ture, n. Etym: [L. armatura, fr. armare to arm: cf. F. armature. See Arm, v. t., Armor.]
1. Armor; whatever is worn or used for the protection and defense of the body, esp. the protective outfit of some animals and plants.
2. (Magnetism)
Definition: A piece of soft iron used to connect the two poles of a magnet, or electro-magnet, in order to complete the circuit, or to receive and apply the magnetic force. In the ordinary horseshoe magnet, it serves to prevent the dissipation of the magnetic force.
3. (Arch.)
Definition: Iron bars or framing employed for the consolidation of a building, as in sustaining slender columns, holding up canopies, etc. Oxf. Gloss.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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