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.
GADES
Noun
gades
plural of gade
Anagrams
• ad-seg, degas, egads, saged
Source: Wiktionary
GADE
Gade, n. Etym: [Cf. Cod the fish.] (Zoöl.) (a) A small British fish (Motella argenteola) of the Cod family. (b) A pike, so called at Moray Firth; -- called also gead. [Prov. Eng.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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