Raw coffee beans, soaked in water and spices, are chewed like candy in many parts of Africa.
swelts
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of swelt
Source: Wiktionary
Swelt, obs.
Definition: imp. of Swell.
Swelt, v. i. Etym: [OE. swelten to die, to swoon or faint, AS. sweltan to die; akin to OD. swelten to hunger, to fail, OS. sweltan to die, Icel. svelta to die, to hunger, Sw. svälta to hunger, Dan. sulte, Goth. sviltan to die. Cf. Swelter, Sweltry.]
1. To die; to perish. [Obs.]
2. To faint; to swoon. [Obs.] Chaucer. Night she swelt for passing joy. Spenser.
Swelt, v. t.
Definition: To overpower, as with heat; to cause to faint; to swelter. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] Bp. Hall.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
15 May 2024
(noun) acquiring or coming into something (usually undesirable); “incurring debts is easier than paying them”
Raw coffee beans, soaked in water and spices, are chewed like candy in many parts of Africa.