Raw coffee beans, soaked in water and spices, are chewed like candy in many parts of Africa.
CROSSCUTS
Noun
crosscuts
plural of crosscut
Source: Wiktionary
CROSSCUT
Cross"cut` (-kt`)
Definition: , v. t. To cut across or through; to intersect.
Cross"cut`, n.
1. A short cut across; a path shorter than by the high road.
2. (Mining)
Definition: A level driven across the course of a vein, or across the main workings, as from one gangway to another. Crosscut saw. (a) A saw, the teeth of which are so set as to adapt it for sawing wood crosswise of the grain rather than lengthwise. (b) A saw managed by two men, one at each end, for cutting large logs crosswise.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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(verb) grasp with the mind or develop an understanding of; “did you catch that allusion?”; “We caught something of his theory in the lecture”; “don’t catch your meaning”; “did you get it?”; “She didn’t get the joke”; “I just don’t get him”
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