Raw coffee beans, soaked in water and spices, are chewed like candy in many parts of Africa.
TOUZE
Verb
touze (third-person singular simple present touzes, present participle touzing, simple past and past participle touzed)
(UK, dialect) Alternative form of touse
Source: Wiktionary
Touse, Touze, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. Toused; p. pr. & vb. n. Tousing.] Etym: [OE. tosen sq. root64. See tease, and cf. Tose, Toze. ]
Definition: To pull; to haul; to tear; to worry. [Prov. Eng.] Shak. As a bear, whom angry curs have touzed. Spenser.
Touze, v.t & i.
Definition: See Touse. [Prov. Eng.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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