Raw coffee beans, soaked in water and spices, are chewed like candy in many parts of Africa.
SCISE
Scise, v. i. Etym: [L. scindere, scissum, to cut, split.]
Definition: To cut; to penetrate. [Obs.] The wicked steel scised deep in his right side. Fairfax.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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HEEDLESS
(adjective) marked by or paying little heed or attention; “We have always known that heedless self-interest was bad morals; we know now that it is bad economics”--Franklin D. Roosevelt; “heedless of danger”; “heedless of the child’s crying”
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