In 1511, leaders in Mecca believed coffee stimulated radical thinking and outlawed the drink. In 1524, the leaders overturned that order, and people could drink coffee again.
AUDIPHONES
Noun
audiphones
plural of audiphone
Source: Wiktionary
AUDIPHONE
Au"di*phone, n. Etym: [L. audire to hear + Gr.
Definition: An instrument which, placed against the teeth, conveys sound to the auditory nerve and enables the deaf to hear more or less distinctly; a dentiphone.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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