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.
ENGLE
En"gle, n. Etym: [OE. enghle to coax or cajole. Cf. Angle a hook, one easily enticed, a gull, Ingle.]
Definition: A favorite; a paramour; an ingle. [Obs.] B. Jonson.
En"gle, v. t.
Definition: To cajole or coax, as favorite. [Obs.] I 'll presently go and engle some broker. B. Jonson.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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FOCUS
(noun) maximum clarity or distinctness of an image rendered by an optical system; “in focus”; “out of focus”
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