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.
EYESPLICE
Eye"*splice`, n. (Naut.)
Definition: A splice formed by bending a rope's and back, and fastening it into the rope, forming a loop or eye. See Illust. under Splice.
Eye"*splice`, n. (Naut.)
Definition: A splice formed by bending a rope's and back, and fastening it into the rope, forming a loop or eye. See Illust. under Splice.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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MUSTH
(noun) an annual phase of heightened sexual excitement in the males of certain large mammals (especially elephants); is associated with discharge from a gland between the eye and ear; “the frenzied elephant was in musth”
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