Raw coffee beans, soaked in water and spices, are chewed like candy in many parts of Africa.
SCHLICH
Etymology
Noun
schlich (countable and uncountable, plural schliches)
The finer portion of crushed ore, as of gold, lead, or tin, separated by the water in certain wet processes.
Source: Wiktionary
Schlich, n. Etym: [G.; akin to LG. slik mud, D. slijk, MHG. sl.] (Metal.)
Definition: The finer portion of a crushed ore, as of gold, lead, or tin, separated by the water in certain wet processes. [Written also slich, slick.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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