Raw coffee beans, soaked in water and spices, are chewed like candy in many parts of Africa.
DISINFECTING
Verb
disinfecting
present participle of disinfect
Source: Wiktionary
DISINFECT
Dis`in*fect", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disinfected; p. pr. & vb. n. Disinfecting.]
Definition: To free from infectious or contagious matter; to destroy putrefaction; to purify; to make innocuous. When the infectious matter and the infectious matter and the odoriferous matter are one . . . then to deodorize is to disinfect. Ure.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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