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.
BALING
Verb
baling
present participle of bale
Noun
baling (plural balings)
A collection of material packaged into a bale.
Anagrams
• abling
Source: Wiktionary
BALE
Bale, n. Etym: [OE. bale, OF. bale, F. balle, LL. bala, fr. OHG. balla, palla, pallo, G. ball, balle, ballen, ball round pack; cf. D. baal. Cf. Ball a round body.]
Definition: A bundle or package of goods in a cloth cover, and corded for storage or transportation; also, a bundle of straw Bale of dice, a pair of dice. [Obs.] B. Jonson.
Bale, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Baled (p. pr. & vb. n. Baling.]
Definition: To make up in a bale. Goldsmith.
Bale, v. t.
Definition: See Bail, v. t., to lade.
Bale, n. Etym: [AS. bealo, bealu, balu; akin to OS. , OHG. balo, Icel. böl, Goth. balweins.]
1. Misery; Let now your bliss be turned into bale. Spenser.
2. Evil; an evil, pernicious influence; something causing great injury. [Now chiefly poetic]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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