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.
COVEYS
Proper noun
Coveys
plural of Covey
Anagrams
• voyces
Noun
coveys
plural of covey
Anagrams
• voyces
Source: Wiktionary
COVEY
Cov"ey (kv"), n. Etym: [OF. cov, F. couv, fr. cover, F. couver, to sit or brood on, fr. L. cubare to lie down; cf. E. incubate. See Cubit, and cf. Cove to brood.]
1. A brood or hatch of birds; an old bird with her brood of young; hence, a small flock or number of birds together; -- said of game; as, a covey of partridges. Darwin.
2. A company; a bevy; as, a covey of girls. Addison.
Cov"ey, v. i.
Definition: To brood; to incubate. [Obs.] [Tortoises] covey a whole year before they hatch. Holland.
Cov"ey, n.
Definition: A pantry. [Prov. Eng.] Parker.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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