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.
BOSSAGE
Boss"age, n. Etym: [F. bossage, fr. bosse. See Boss a stud.]
1. (Arch.)
Definition: A stone in a building, left rough and projecting, to be afterward carved into shape. Gwilt.
2. (Arch.)
Definition: Rustic work, consisting of stones which seem to advance beyond the level of the building, by reason of indentures or channels left in the joinings. Gwilt.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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INTUITIVELY
(adverb) in an intuitive manner; “inventors seem to have chosen intuitively a combination of explosive and aggressive sounds as warning signals to be used on automobiles”
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