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.
FADGES
Noun
fadges
plural of fadge
Verb
fadges
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of fadge
Source: Wiktionary
FADGE
Fadge, v. i. Etym: [Cf. OE. faden to flatter, and AS. f to join, unit, G. fügen, or AS. afægian to depict; all perh. form the same root as E. fair. Cf. Fair, a., Fay to fit.]
Definition: To fit; to suit; to agree. They shall be made, spite of antipathy, to fadge together. Milton. Well, Sir, how fadges the new design Wycherley.
Fadge, n. Etym: [Etymol. uncertain.]
Definition: A small flat loaf or thick cake; also, a fagot. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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