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.
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ELD
Eld, a. Etym: [AS. eald.]
Definition: Old. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Eld, n. Etym: [AS. yldu, yldo, eldo, old age, fr. ald, eald, old. See Old.]
1. Age; esp., old age. [Obs. or Archaic] As sooth is said, eelde hath great avantage. Chaucer. Great Nature, ever young, yet full of eld. Spenser.
2. Old times; former days; antiquity. [Poetic] Astrologers and men of eld. Longfellow.
Eld, v. i.
Definition: To age; to grow old. [Obs.]
Eld, v. t.
Definition: To make old or ancient. [Obs.] Time, that eldeth all things. Rom. of R.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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