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.
GAUFFER
goffer, gauffer
(noun) an ornamental frill made by pressing pleats
goffer, gauffer, goffering iron, gauffering iron
(noun) an iron used to press pleats and ridges
gauffer, goffer
(verb) make wavy with a heated goffering iron; “goffer the trim of the dress”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
gauffer (third-person singular simple present gauffers, present participle gauffering, simple past and past participle gauffered)
(transitive) To plait, crimp, or flute; to goffer, as lace.
(transitive) In fine bookbinding, to decorate the edges of a text block with a heated iron.
Anagrams
• gauffre, ruffage
Source: Wiktionary
Gauf"fer, v. t. Etym: [F. gaufrer to figure cloth, velvet, and other stuffs, fr. gaufre honeycomb, waffle; of German origin. See Waffle, Wafer, and cf. Goffer, Gopher an animal.]
Definition: To plait, crimp, or flute; to goffer, as lace. See Goffer.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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