Raw coffee beans, soaked in water and spices, are chewed like candy in many parts of Africa.
SPRINGAL
Noun
springal (plural springals)
(archaic) Alternative form of springald (“youth”)
Obsolete form of springald.
Anagrams
• Sparling, graplins, sparling
Source: Wiktionary
Spring"al, Spring"ald, Spring"all, a. Etym: [Scot. springald, springel, fr. Scot. & E. spring.]
Definition: An active, springly young man. [Obs.] "There came two springals of full tender years." Spenser. Joseph, when he was sold to Potiphar, that great man, was a fair young springall. Latimer.
Spring"al, n. Etym: [OF. espringale; of Teutonic origin, akin to E. spring.]
Definition: An ancient military engine for casting stones and arrows by means of a spring.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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