Raw coffee beans, soaked in water and spices, are chewed like candy in many parts of Africa.
nulling
present participle of null
nulling (countable and uncountable, plural nullings)
nulled work
Source: Wiktionary
Null, a. Etym: [L. nullus not any, none; ne not + ullus any, a dim. of unus one; cf. F. nul. See No, and One, and cf. None.]
Definition: Of no legal or binding force or validity; of no efficacy; invalid; void; nugatory; useless. Faultily faultless, icily regular, splendidly null, Dead perfection; no more. Tennyson.
Null, n.
1. Something that has no force or meaning.
2. That which has no value; a cipher; zero. Bacon. Null method (Physics.), a zero method. See under Zero.
Null, v. t. Etym: [From null, a., or perh. abbrev. from annul.]
Definition: To annul. [Obs.] Milton.
Null, n. Etym: [Etymol. uncertain.]
Definition: One of the beads in nulled work.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
25 November 2024
(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
Raw coffee beans, soaked in water and spices, are chewed like candy in many parts of Africa.