Raw coffee beans, soaked in water and spices, are chewed like candy in many parts of Africa.
DEUTEROSCOPY
Etymology
Noun
deuteroscopy (uncountable)
(obsolete) That which is seen at a second view; a meaning beyond the literal sense, ulterior signification.
Second sight.
Source: Wiktionary
Deu`ter*os"co*py, n. Etym: [Gr. -scopy.]
1. Second sight. I felt by anticipation the horrors of the Highland seers, whom their gift of deuteroscopy compels to witness things unmeet for mortal eye. Sir W. Scott.
2. That which is seen at a second view; a meaning beyond the literal sense; the second intention; a hidden signification. Sir T. Browne.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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HABIT
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