Raw coffee beans, soaked in water and spices, are chewed like candy in many parts of Africa.
FARTHINGALE
farthingale
(noun) a hoop worn beneath a skirt to extend it horizontally; worn by European women in the 16th and 17th centuries
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
farthingale (plural farthingales)
(historical) A hooped structure in cloth worn to extend the skirt of women's dresses; a hooped petticoat.
Synonyms
• hoop skirt
Source: Wiktionary
Far"thin*gale, n. Etym: [OE. vardingale, fardingale, fr. OF. vertugale, verdugade, F. vertugade, vertugadin, from Sp. verdugado, being named from its hoops, fr. verdugo a young shoot of tree, fr. verde green, fr. L. viridis. See Verdant.]
Definition: A hoop skirt or hoop petticoat, or other light, elastic material, used to extend the petticoat. We'll revel it as bravely as the best, . . . With ruffs and cuffs, and farthingales and things. Shak.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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