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.
FIXURES
Noun
fixures
plural of fixure
Source: Wiktionary
FIXURE
Fix"ure, n. Etym: [L. fixura a fastening, fr. figere to fix. See Fix, and cf. Fixture.]
Definition: Fixed position; stable condition; firmness. [Obs.] Shak.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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