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.
FLYTE
Noun
flyte (plural flytes)
Alternative spelling of flite
Verb
flyte (third-person singular simple present flytes, present participle flyting, simple past and past participle flyted)
Alternative spelling of flite
Anagrams
• Felty, felty, lefty, yleft
Source: Wiktionary
Flite, Flyte, n. [AS. flit. See Flite.]
Definition: Strife; dispute; abusive or upbraiding talk, as in fliting; wrangling. [Obs. or Scot. & Prov. Eng.]
The bird of Pallas has also a good "flyte" on the moral side . . . in his suggestion that the principal effect of the nightingale's song is to make women false to their husbands. Saintsbury.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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