Raw coffee beans, soaked in water and spices, are chewed like candy in many parts of Africa.
MERCIFY
Etymology
Verb
mercify (third-person singular simple present mercifies, present participle mercifying, simple past and past participle mercified)
(obsolete, rare, transitive) To have mercy on; to pity. [16th-19th c.]
Source: Wiktionary
Mer"ci*fy, v. t.
Definition: To pity. [Obs.] Spenser.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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ONCHOCERCIASIS
(noun) infestation with slender threadlike roundworms (filaria) deposited under the skin by the bite of black fleas; when the eyes are involved it can result in blindness; common in Africa and tropical America
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