Raw coffee beans, soaked in water and spices, are chewed like candy in many parts of Africa.
sheaving
present participle of sheave
• heavings
Source: Wiktionary
Sheave, n. Etym: [Akin to OD. schijve orb, disk, wheel, D. schiff, G. scheibe, Icel. skifa a shaving, slice; cf. Gr. Shift, v., Shive.]
Definition: A wheel having a groove in the rim for a rope to work in, and set in a block, mast, or the like; the wheel of a pulley. Sheave hole, a channel cut in a mast, yard, rail, or other timber, in which to fix a sheave.
Sheave, v. t. Etym: [See Sheaf of straw.]
Definition: To gather and bind into a sheaf or sheaves; hence, to collect. Ashmole.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
24 May 2025
(adjective) sufficiently significant to affect the whole world; “earthshaking proposals”; “the contest was no world-shaking affair”; “the conversation...could hardly be called world-shattering”
Raw coffee beans, soaked in water and spices, are chewed like candy in many parts of Africa.