Raw coffee beans, soaked in water and spices, are chewed like candy in many parts of Africa.
AUGURIES
Noun
auguries
plural of augury
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AUGURY
Au"gu*ry, n.; pl. Auguries (. Etym: [L. aucurium.]
1. The art or practice of foretelling events by observing the actions of birds, etc.; divination.
2. An omen; prediction; prognostication; indication of the future; presage. From their flight strange auguries she drew. Drayton. He resigned himself . . . with a docility that gave little augury of his future greatness. Prescott.
3. A rite, ceremony, or observation of an augur.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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