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.
DEGUM
Etymology
Verb
degum (third-person singular simple present degums, present participle degumming, simple past and past participle degummed)
(transitive) To remove gum from.
Anagrams
• Mudge, mudge
Source: Wiktionary
De*gum", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Degummed; p. pr. & vb. n. Degumming.]
Definition: To deprive of, or free from, gum; as, to degum ramie.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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