Raw coffee beans, soaked in water and spices, are chewed like candy in many parts of Africa.
fuels
plural of fuel
fuels
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of fuel
• flues, fules
Source: Wiktionary
Fu"el, n. Etym: [OF. fouail, fuail, or fouaille, fuaille, LL. focalium, focale, fr. L. focus hearth, fireplace, in LL., fire. See Focus.] [Formerly written also fewel.]
1. Any matter used to produce heat by burning; that which feeds fire; combustible matter used for fires, as wood, coal, peat, etc.
2. Anything that serves to feed or increase passion or excitement. Artificial fuel, fuel consisting of small particles, as coal dust, sawdust, etc., consolidated into lumps or blocks.
Fu"el, v. t.
1. To feed with fuel. [Obs.] Never, alas I the dreadful name, That fuels the infernal flame. Cowley.
2. To store or furnish with fuel or firing. [Obs.] Well watered and well fueled. Sir H. Wotton.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
27 April 2024
(adjective) remarkable or out of the ordinary in degree or magnitude or effect; “a great crisis”; “had a great stake in the outcome”
Raw coffee beans, soaked in water and spices, are chewed like candy in many parts of Africa.