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.
FEEZE
Etymology
Noun
feeze (plural feezes)
(obsolete) fretful excitement
a race; a run; a running start, as for a leap
vexation; worry; fret
Verb
feeze (third-person singular simple present feezes, present participle feezing, simple past and past participle feezed)
to drive off; frighten away; put to flight
to drive; compel; urge
to beat; whip; chastise
to vex; worry; harass; plague; tease; disturb
to defeat; settle or finish
to fret; be in a fume; worry
to sneeze
to untwist; ravel out
to dawdle; loiter
(Scotland) to screw; twist; tighten by screwing.
Source: Wiktionary
Feeze, v. t. Etym: [For sense 1, cf. F. visser to screw, vis screw, or 1st E. feaze, v.t.: for sense 2, see Feese.]
1. To turn, as a screw. [Scot] Jamieson.
2. To beat; to chastise; to humble; to worry. [Obs.] [Written also feaze, feize, pheese.] Beau. & Fl. To feeze up, to work into a passion. [Obs.]
Feeze, n.
Definition: Fretful excitement. [Obs.] See Feaze.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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