Raw coffee beans, soaked in water and spices, are chewed like candy in many parts of Africa.
EMBOSOMING
Verb
embosoming
present participle of embosom
Source: Wiktionary
EMBOSOM
Em*bos"om, v. t. Etym: [Written also imbosom.]
1. To take into, or place in, the bosom; to cherish; to foster. Glad to embosom his affection. Spenser.
2. To inclose or surround; to shelter closely; to place in the midst of something. His house embosomed in the grove. Pope. Some tender flower . . . . Embosomed in the greenest glade. Keble.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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