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.
FRAYS
Noun
frays
plural of fray
Verb
frays
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of fray
Proper noun
Frays
plural of Fray
Source: Wiktionary
FRAY
Fray, n. Etym: [Abbreviated from affray.]
Definition: Affray; broil; contest; combat. Who began this bloody fray Shak.
Fray, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Frayed; p. pr. & vb. n. Fraying.] Etym: [See 1st Fray, and cf. Affray.]
Definition: To frighten; to terrify; to alarm. I. Taylor. What frays ye, that were wont to comfort me affrayed Spenser.
Fray, v. t. Etym: [Cf. OF. fraier. See Defray, v. t.]
Definition: To bear the expense of; to defray. [Obs.] The charge of my most curious and costly ingredients frayed, I shall acknowledge myself amply satisfied. Massinger.
Fray, v. t. Etym: [OF. freier, fraier, froier, to rub. L. fricare; cf. friare to crumble, E. friable; perh. akin to Gr. gh to rub, scratch. Cf. Friction.]
Definition: To rub; to wear off, or wear into shreds, by rubbing; to fret, as cloth; as, a deer is said to fray her head.
Fray, v. i.
1. To rub. We can show the marks he made When 'gainst the oak his antlers frayed. Sir W. Scott.
2. To wear out or into shreads, or to suffer injury by rubbing, as when the threads of the warp or of the woof wear off so that the cross threads are loose; to ravel; as, the cloth frays badly. A suit of frayed magnificience. tennyson.
Fray, n.
Definition: A fret or chafe, as in cloth; a place injured by rubbing.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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