Raw coffee beans, soaked in water and spices, are chewed like candy in many parts of Africa.
BLOTCHING
Verb
blotching
present participle of blotch
Noun
blotching (plural blotchings)
The situation of having blotches; blotchiness.
Source: Wiktionary
BLOTCH
Blotch, n. Etym: [Cf. OE. blacche in blacchepot blacking pot, akin to black, as bleach is akin to bleak. See Black, a., or cf. Blot a spot.]
1. A blot or spot, as of color or of ink; especially a large or irregular spot. Also Fig.; as, a moral blotch. Spots and blotches . . . some red, others yellow. Harvey.
2. (Med.)
Definition: A large pustule, or a coarse eruption. Foul scurf and blotches him defile. Thomson.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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LEAVE
(verb) go and leave behind, either intentionally or by neglect or forgetfulness; “She left a mess when she moved out”; “His good luck finally left him”; “her husband left her after 20 years of marriage”; “she wept thinking she had been left behind”
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