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.
CAREENS
Verb
careens
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of careen
Anagrams
• Cereans, carenes, encaser, enraces, recanes
Source: Wiktionary
CAREEN
Ca*reen", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Careened; p. pr. & vb. n. Careening.] Etym: [OF. cariner, F. caréner, fr. OF. carène, the bottom of a ship, keel, fr. L. carina.] (Naut.)
Definition: To cause (a vessel) to lean over so that she floats on one side, leaving the other side out of water and accessible for repairs below the water line; to case to be off the keel.
Ca*reen" (, v. i.
Definition: To incline to one side, or lie over, as a ship when sailing on a wind; to be off the keel.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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