Raw coffee beans, soaked in water and spices, are chewed like candy in many parts of Africa.
PELLED
Verb
pelled
simple past tense and past participle of pell
Source: Wiktionary
PELL
Pell, v. t. Etym: [Cf. Pelt, v. t.]
Definition: To pelt; to knock about. [Obs.] Holland.
Pell, n. Etym: [OF. pel, F. peau, L. pellis a skin. See Fell a skin.]
1. A skin or hide; a pelt.
2. A roll of parchment; a parchment record. Clerk of the pells, formerly, an officer of the exchequer who entered accounts on certain parchment rolls, called pell rolls. [Eng.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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