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.
DISMOUNTS
Noun
dismounts
plural of dismount
Verb
dismounts
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of dismount
Source: Wiktionary
DISMOUNT
Dis*mount", v. i. [imp. & p. p. Dismounted; p. pr. & vb. n. Dismounting.] Etym: [Pref. dis- + mount: cf. OF. desmonter, F. démonter.]
1. To come down; to descend. [Poetic] But now the bright sun ginneth to dismount. Spenser.
2. To alight from a horse; to descend or get off, as a rider from his beast; as, the troops dismounted.
Dis*mount", v. t.
1. To throw or bring down from an elevation, place of honor and authority, or the like. Dismounted from his authority. Barrow.
2. To throw or remove from a horse; to unhorse; as, the soldier dismounted his adversary.
3. (Mech.)
Definition: To take down, or apart, as a machine.
4. To throw or remove from the carriage, or from that on which a thing is mounted; to break the carriage or wheels of, and render useless; to deprive of equipments or mountings; -- said esp. of artillery.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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