Raw coffee beans, soaked in water and spices, are chewed like candy in many parts of Africa.
IMPOUNDMENT
impoundment, impounding, internment, poundage
(noun) placing private property in the custody of an officer of the law
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
impoundment (countable and uncountable, plural impoundments)
A body of water impounded within an enclosure, such as a reservoir
The act of impounding
The state of being impounded
Source: Wiktionary
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OBLIQUE
(adjective) slanting or inclined in direction or course or position--neither parallel nor perpendicular nor right-angled; “the oblique rays of the winter sun”; “acute and obtuse angles are oblique angles”; “the axis of an oblique cone is not perpendicular to its base”
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