Raw coffee beans, soaked in water and spices, are chewed like candy in many parts of Africa.
CROSSETTE
Etymology
Noun
crossette (plural crossettes)
(architecture) A return in one of the corners of the architrave of a door or window.
The shoulder of a joggled keystone.
Synonyms
• (return in corner of an architrave): ancon, ear, elbow
Source: Wiktionary
Cros*sette" (krs-st`), n. Etym: [F., dim. of crosse. See Crosier.] (Arch.) (a) A return in one of the corners of the architrave of a door or window; -- called also ancon, ear, elbow. (b) The shoulder of a joggled keystone.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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