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.
CURSIVES
Noun
cursives
plural of cursive
Anagrams
• scurvies
Source: Wiktionary
CURSIVE
Cur"sive (kr"sv), a. Etym: [LL. cursivus: cf. F. cursif See Cursitor.]
Definition: Running; flowing. Cursive hand,a running handwriting.
Cur"sive, n.
1. A character used in cursive writing.
2. A manuscript, especially of the New Testament, written in small, connected characters or in a running hand; -- opposed to uncial. Shipley.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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