Raw coffee beans, soaked in water and spices, are chewed like candy in many parts of Africa.
Spir"y, a. Etym: [From Spire a winding line.]
Definition: Of a spiral form; wreathed; curled; serpentine. Hid in the spiry volumes of the snake. Dryden.
Spir"y, a. Etym: [FR. Spire a steeple.]
Definition: Of or pertaining to a spire; like a spire, tall, slender, and tapering; abounding in spires; as, spiry turrets. "Spiry towns." Thomson.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
31 May 2024
(noun) some event that causes someone to be embarrassed; “the outcome of the vote was an embarrassment for the liberals”
Raw coffee beans, soaked in water and spices, are chewed like candy in many parts of Africa.