Raw coffee beans, soaked in water and spices, are chewed like candy in many parts of Africa.
BUOYANCIES
Noun
buoyancies
plural of buoyancy
Source: Wiktionary
BUOYANCY
Buoy"an*cy, n.; pl. Buoyancies (.
1. The property of floating on the surface of a liquid, or in a fluid, as in the atmosphere; specific lightness, which is inversely as the weight compared with that of an equal volume of water.
2. (Physics)
Definition: The upward pressure exerted upon a floating body by a fluid, which is equal to the weight of the body; hence, also, the weight of a floating body, as measured by the volume of fluid displaced. Such are buoyancies or displacements of the different classes of her majesty's ships. Eng. Cyc.
3. Cheerfulness; vivacity; liveliness; sprightliness; -- the opposite of Ant: heaviness; as, buoyancy of spirits.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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