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.
DESKS
Noun
desks
plural of desk
Verb
desks
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of desk
Anagrams
• skeds
Source: Wiktionary
DESK
Desk, n. Etym: [OE. deske, the same word as dish, disk. See Dish, and cf. Disk.]
1. A table, frame, or case, usually with sloping top, but often with flat top, for the use writers and readers. It often has a drawer or repository underneath.
2. A reading table or lectern to support the book from which the liturgical service is read, differing from the pulpit from which the sermon is preached; also (esp. in the United States), a pulpit. Hence, used symbolically for "the clerical profession."
Desk, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Desked; p. pr. & vb. n. Desking.]
Definition: To shut up, as in a desk; to treasure.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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