Raw coffee beans, soaked in water and spices, are chewed like candy in many parts of Africa.
SMEARING
Verb
smearing
present participle of smear
Noun
smearing (plural smearings)
Something smeared or daubed.
Anagrams
• margines, masering, mearings, reamings
Source: Wiktionary
SMEAR
Smear, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Smeared; p. pr. & vb. n. Smearing.] Etym: [OE. smeren, smerien, AS. smierwan, smyrwan, fr. smeoru fat, grease; akin to D. smeren, OHG. smirwen, G. schmieren, Icel. smyrja to anoint. See Smear, n.]
1. To overspread with anything unctuous, viscous, or adhesive; to daub; as, to smear anything with oil. "Smear the sleepy grooms with blood." Shak.
2. To soil in any way; to contaminate; to pollute; to stain morally; as, to be smeared with infamy. Shak.
Smear, n. Etym: [OE. smere,. smeoru fat, grease; akin to D. smeer, G. schmeer, OHG. smero, Icel. smjör, Sw. & Dan. smör butter, Goth. smaÃr fatness, smarna dung; cf. Lith. smarsas fat. Cf. Smirch.]
1. A fat, oily substance; oinment. Johnson.
2. Hence, a spot made by, or as by, an unctuous or adhesive substance; a blot or blotch; a daub; a stain. Slow broke the morn, All damp and rolling vapor, with no sun, But in its place a moving smear of light. Alexander Smith.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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