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.
BATISTES
Noun
batistes
plural of batiste
Proper noun
Batistes
plural of Batiste
Source: Wiktionary
BATISTE
Ba*tiste", n. Etym: [F. batiste, from the name of the alleged first maker, Baptiste of Cambrai. Littré.]
Definition: Originally, cambric or lawn of fine linen; now applied also to cloth of similar texture made of cotton.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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