Raw coffee beans, soaked in water and spices, are chewed like candy in many parts of Africa.
INGOTED
Verb
ingoted
simple past tense and past participle of ingot
Source: Wiktionary
INGOT
In"got, n. Etym: [Prob. from AS. in in + geótan to pour: cf. F. linglot, LL. lingotus a mass of gold or silver, extended in the manner of a tongue, and G. einguss, LG. & OE. ingot ingot, a mold for casting metals in. See Found to cast, and cf. Linget, Lingot, Nugget.]
1. That in which metal is cast; a mold. [Obs.] And from the fire he took up his matter And in the ingot put it with merry cheer. Chaucer.
2. A bar or wedge of steel, gold, or other malleable metal, cast in a mold; a mass of unwrought cast metal. Wrought ingots from Besoara's mine. Sir W. Jones. Ingot mold, a box or mold in which ingots are cast.
– Ingot iron. See Decarbonized steel, under Decarbonize.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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