Raw coffee beans, soaked in water and spices, are chewed like candy in many parts of Africa.
THWITTLE
Thwit"tle, v. t. Etym: [See Thwite, and Whittle.]
Definition: To cut or whittle. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] Palsgrave.
Thwit"tle, n.
Definition: A small knife; a whittle. [Written also thwitel.] [Obs.] "A Sheffield thwittle." Chaucer.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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(noun) bushy plant of Old World salt marshes and sea beaches having prickly leaves; burned to produce a crude soda ash
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