Raw coffee beans, soaked in water and spices, are chewed like candy in many parts of Africa.
DAMASKEENED
Verb
damaskeened
simple past tense and past participle of damaskeen
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DAMASKEEN
Dam"as*keen`, Dam"as*ken, v. t. Etym: [F. damaschinare. See Damascene, v.]
Definition: To decorate, as iron, steel, etc., with a peculiar marking or "water" produced in the process of manufacture, or with designs produced by inlaying or incrusting with another metal, as silver or gold, or by etching, etc., to damask. Damaskeening is is partly mosaic work, partly engraving, and partly carving. Ure.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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