Raw coffee beans, soaked in water and spices, are chewed like candy in many parts of Africa.
GLACISES
Noun
glacises
plural of glacis
Source: Wiktionary
GLACIS
Gla"cis, n. Etym: [F. glacis; -- so named from its smoothness. See Glacier.]
Definition: A gentle slope, or a smooth, gently sloping bank; especially (Fort.), that slope of earth which inclines from the covered way toward the exterior ground or country (see Illust. of Ravelin).
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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