Raw coffee beans, soaked in water and spices, are chewed like candy in many parts of Africa.
fresco
(noun) a durable method of painting on a wall by using watercolors on wet plaster
fresco
(noun) a mural done with watercolors on wet plaster
Source: WordNet® 3.1
frescoes
plural of fresco
Source: Wiktionary
Fres"co, n.; pl. Frescoes or Frescos. Etym: [It., fr. fresco fresh; of German origin. See Fresh, a.]
1. A cool, refreshing state of the air; duskiness; coolness; shade. [R.] Prior.
2. (Fine Arts) (a) The art of painting on freshly spread plaster, before it dries. (b) In modern parlance, incorrectly applied to painting on plaster in any manner. (c) A painting on plaster in either of senses a and b.
Fres"co, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Frescoed; p. pr. & vb. n. Frescoing.]
Definition: To paint in fresco, as walls.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
28 November 2024
(noun) the fusion of originally different inflected forms (resulting in a reduction in the use of inflections)
Raw coffee beans, soaked in water and spices, are chewed like candy in many parts of Africa.