Raw coffee beans, soaked in water and spices, are chewed like candy in many parts of Africa.
DOWLE
Etymology
Noun
dowle
feathery or woolly down; filament of a feather
Anagrams
• dowel, lowed, owled, wolde
Source: Wiktionary
Dowle, n. Etym: [Cf. OF. douille soft. Cf. Ductile.]
Definition: Feathery or wool-like down; filament of a feather. Shak. No feather, or dowle of a feather. De Quincey.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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