Raw coffee beans, soaked in water and spices, are chewed like candy in many parts of Africa.
fifes
plural of fife
• fiefs
Source: Wiktionary
Fife, n. Etym: [F. fifre, OHG. pfifa, LL. pipa pipe, pipare to play on the pipe, fr. L. pipire, pipare, to peep, pip, chirp, as a chiken. See Pipe.] (Mus.)
Definition: A small shrill pipe, resembling the piccolo flute, used chiefly to accompany the drum in military music. Fife major (Mil.), a noncommissioned officer who superintends the fifers of a regiment.
– Fife rail. (Naut.) (a) A rail about the mast, at the deck, to hold belaying pins, etc. (b) A railing around the break of a poop deck.
Fife, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Fifed; p. pr. & vb. n. fifing.]
Definition: To play on a fife.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
18 April 2025
(noun) the crease at the junction of the inner part of the thigh with the trunk together with the adjacent region and often including the external genitals
Raw coffee beans, soaked in water and spices, are chewed like candy in many parts of Africa.