Raw coffee beans, soaked in water and spices, are chewed like candy in many parts of Africa.
catarrhs
plural of catarrh
• Carharts
Source: Wiktionary
Ca*tarrh", n. Etym: [L. catarrhus, Gr. Stream.] (Med.)
Definition: An inflammatory affection of any mucous membrane, in which there are congestion, swelling, and an altertion in the quantity and quality of mucus secreted; as catarrh of the stomach; catarrh of the bladder.
Note: In America, the term catarrh is applied especially to a chronic inflammation of, and hypersecretion fron, the membranes of the nose or air passages; in England, to an acute influenza, resulting a cold, and attended with cough, thirst, lassitude, and watery eyes; also, to the cold itself.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
21 May 2024
(verb) tamper, with the purpose of deception; “Fudge the figures”; “cook the books”; “falsify the data”
Raw coffee beans, soaked in water and spices, are chewed like candy in many parts of Africa.