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.
CONTRAPTIONS
Noun
contraptions
plural of contraption
Anagrams
• nonprostatic
Source: Wiktionary
CONTRAPTION
Con*trap"tion, n.
Definition: A contrivance; a new-fangled device; -- used scornfully. [Colloq. or Dial.] -- Con*trap"tious (#), a.
We all remember some of the extraordinary contraptions which have been thus evolved and put upon the market. F. M. Ware.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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SALTWORT
(noun) bushy plant of Old World salt marshes and sea beaches having prickly leaves; burned to produce a crude soda ash
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