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.
GAGGLES
Noun
gaggles
plural of gaggle
Verb
gaggles
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of gaggle
Source: Wiktionary
GAGGLE
Gag"gle, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Gaggled; p. pr. & vb. n. Gaggling.] Etym: [Of imitative origin; cf. D. gaggelen, gagelen, G. gackeln, gackern, MHG. g, E. giggle, cackle.]
Definition: To make a noise like a goose; to cackle. Bacon.
Gag"gle, n. Etym: [Cf. Gaggle v. i.] (Zoöl.)
Definition: A flock of wild geese. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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