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.
BOOSED
Verb
boosed
simple past tense and past participle of boose
Source: Wiktionary
BOOSE
Boose, n. Etym: [AS. bos, bosig; akin to Icel. bass, Sw. bås, Dan. baas, stall, G. banse, Goth. bansts barn, Skr. bhasas stall. *252.]
Definition: A stall or a crib for an ox, cow, or other animal. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.
Boose, v. i.
Definition: To drink excessively. See Booze.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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