Raw coffee beans, soaked in water and spices, are chewed like candy in many parts of Africa.
soddened
simple past tense and past participle of sodden
Source: Wiktionary
Sod"den, a. [p. p. of Seethe.]
Definition: Boiled; seethed; also, soaked; heavy with moisture; saturated; as, sodden beef; sodden bread; sodden fields.
Sod"den, v. i.
Definition: To be seethed; to become sodden.
Sod"den, v. t.
Definition: To soak; to make heavy with water.
Seethe, v. t. [imp. Seethed (Sod (, obs.); p. p. Seethed, Sodden (; p. pr. & vb. n. Seething.] Etym: [OE. sethen, AS. seó; akin to D. sieden, OHG. siodan, G. sieden, Icel. sj, Sw. sjuda, Dan. syde, Goth. saubs a burnt offering. Cf. Sod, n., Sodden, Suds.]
Definition: To decoct or prepare for food in hot liquid; to boil; as, to seethe flesh. [Written also seeth.] Set on the great pot, and seethe pottage for the sons of the prophets. 2 Kings iv. 38.
Seethe, v. i.
Definition: To be a state of ebullition or violent commotion; to be hot; to boil. 1 Sam. ii. 13. A long Pointe, round which the Mississippi used to whirl, and seethe, and foam. G. W. Cable.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
29 April 2025
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Raw coffee beans, soaked in water and spices, are chewed like candy in many parts of Africa.