Raw coffee beans, soaked in water and spices, are chewed like candy in many parts of Africa.
DISCOUNSEL
Etymology
Verb
discounsel (third-person singular simple present discounsels, present participle discounseling or discounselling, simple past and past participle discounseled or discounselled)
(obsolete, transitive) To advise (someone) against doing something. [15th-17th c.]
Anagrams
• cloudiness, senoculids, undisclose
Source: Wiktionary
Dis*coun"sel, v. t. Etym: [Pref. dis- + counsel: cf. OF. desconseiller.]
Definition: To dissuade. [Obs.] Spenser.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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