Raw coffee beans, soaked in water and spices, are chewed like candy in many parts of Africa.
BASCULES
Noun
bascules
plural of bascule
Anagrams
• subscale
Source: Wiktionary
BASCULE
Bas"cule, n. Etym: [F., a seesaw.]
Definition: In mechanics an apparatus on the principle of the seesaw, in which one end rises as the other falls. Bascule bridge, a counterpoise or balanced drawbridge, which is opened by sinking the counterpoise and thus lifting the footway into the air.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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(noun) infestation with slender threadlike roundworms (filaria) deposited under the skin by the bite of black fleas; when the eyes are involved it can result in blindness; common in Africa and tropical America
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