Raw coffee beans, soaked in water and spices, are chewed like candy in many parts of Africa.
vell (third-person singular simple present vells, present participle velling, simple past and past participle velled)
(UK, dialect) To cut the turf from, as for burning.
vell (plural vells)
(UK, dialect) The salted stomach of a calf, used in making cheese; a rennet bag.
Source: Wiktionary
Vell, n. Etym: [Cf. L. vellus the skin of a sheep with the wool on it, a fleece, a hide or pelt, or E. fell a hide.]
Definition: The salted stomach of a calf, used in making cheese; a rennet bag. [Prov. Eng.]
Vell, v. i. Etym: [Cf. Vell, n.]
Definition: To cut the turf from, as for burning. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
21 June 2025
(noun) the condition of being deprived of oxygen (as by having breathing stopped); “asphyxiation is sometimes used as a form of torture”
Raw coffee beans, soaked in water and spices, are chewed like candy in many parts of Africa.