Raw coffee beans, soaked in water and spices, are chewed like candy in many parts of Africa.
KITHES
Verb
kithes
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of kithe
Source: Wiktionary
KITHE
Kithe, v. t. [Obs.]
Definition: See Kythe. Chaucer.
Kythe, Kithe, v. t. [imp. Kydde, Kidde (kîd"de); p. p. Kythed, Kid; p. pr. & vb. n. Kything.] Etym: [OE. kythen, kithen, cu, to make known, AS. c, fr. c known. Uncouth, Ca to be able, and cf. Kith.]
Definition: To make known; to manifest; to show; to declare. [Obs: or Scot.] For gentle hearte kytheth gentilesse. Chaucer.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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