Raw coffee beans, soaked in water and spices, are chewed like candy in many parts of Africa.
EYRE
Eyre, Lake Eyre
(noun) a shallow salt lake in south central Australia about 35 feet below sea level; the largest lake in the country and the lowest point on the continent
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
eyre (plural eyres)
(UK, legal, obsolete) A journey in circuit of certain itinerant judges called justices in eyre (or in itinere).
Anagrams
• Eyer, Reye, eery, eyer, y'ere, ye're, yeer, yere
Proper noun
Eyre
A surname.
Anagrams
• Eyer, Reye, eery, eyer, y'ere, ye're, yeer, yere
Source: Wiktionary
Eyre, n. Etym: [OF. erre journey, march, way, fr. L. iter, itineris, a going, way, fr. the root of ire to go. Cf. Errant, Itinerant, Issue.] (O. Eng. Law)
Definition: A journey in circuit of certain judges called justices in eyre (or in itinere).
Note: They were itinerant judges, who rode the circuit, holding courts in the different counties.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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