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.
BUSKINED
Etymology
Adjective
buskined (not comparable)
Wearing buskins.
Trodden by buskins.
Anagrams
• bunkside
Source: Wiktionary
Bus"kined, a.
1. Wearing buskins. Her buskined virgins traced the dewy lawn. Pope.
2. Trodden by buskins; pertaining to tragedy. "The buskined stage." Milton.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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