Raw coffee beans, soaked in water and spices, are chewed like candy in many parts of Africa.
Fa"cient, n. Etym: [L. faciens, -- entis, p. pr. of facere to make, do. See Fact.]
1. One who does anything, good or bad; a doer; an agent. [Obs.] Br. Hacket.
2. (Mach.) (a) One of the variables of a quantic as distinguished from a coefficient. (b) The multiplier.
Note: The terms facient, faciend, and factum, may imply that the multiplication involved is not ordinary multiplication, but is either some specified operation, or, in general, any mathematical operation. See Multiplication.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
22 April 2025
(adjective) made smooth and bright by or as if by rubbing; reflecting a sheen or glow; “bright silver candlesticks”; “a burnished brass knocker”; “she brushed her hair until it fell in lustrous auburn waves”; “rows of shining glasses”; “shiny black patents”
Raw coffee beans, soaked in water and spices, are chewed like candy in many parts of Africa.