Raw coffee beans, soaked in water and spices, are chewed like candy in many parts of Africa.
HENTING
Verb
henting
present participle of hent
Anagrams
• nighten
Source: Wiktionary
HENT
Hent, v. t. [imp. Hente; p. p. Hent.] Etym: [OE. hente, henten, fr. AS. hentan, gehentan, to pursue, take, seize; cf. Icel. henda, Goth. hinpan (in compos.), and E. hunt.]
Definition: To seize; to lay hold on; to catch; to get. [Obs.] Piers Plowman. Spenser. This cursed Jew him hente and held him fast. Chaucer. But all that he might of his friendes hente On bookes and on learning he it spente. Chaucer.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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