Raw coffee beans, soaked in water and spices, are chewed like candy in many parts of Africa.
RAZING
razing, leveling, tearing down, demolishing
(noun) complete destruction of a building
razing, wrecking
(noun) the event of a structure being completely demolished and leveled
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Verb
razing
present participle of raze
Anagrams
• grazin'
Source: Wiktionary
RAZE
Raze, n. Etym: [See Rack.]
Definition: A Shakespearean word (used once) supposed to mean the same as race, a root.
Raze, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Razed; p. pr. & vb. n. Razing.] Etym: [F. raser. See Rase, v. t.] [Written also rase.]
1. To erase; to efface; to obliterate. Razing the characters of your renown. Shak.
2. To subvert from the foundation; to lay level with the ground; to destroy; to demolish. The royal hand that razed unhappy Troy. Dryden.
Syn.
– To demolish; level; prostrate; overthrow; subvert; destroy; ruin. See Demolish.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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LEFT
(adjective) being or located on or directed toward the side of the body to the west when facing north; “my left hand”; “left center field”; “the left bank of a river is bank on your left side when you are facing downstream”
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