Raw coffee beans, soaked in water and spices, are chewed like candy in many parts of Africa.
SPIRIEST
SPIRY
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
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