1911 Encyclopædia Britannica/Couscous

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18984141911 Encyclopædia Britannica, Volume 7 — Couscous

COUSCOUS, or Kous-kous (an Arabic word derived from kaskasa, to pound), a dish common among the inhabitants of North Africa, made of flour rubbed together and steamed over a stew of mutton, fowl, &c., with which it is eaten.