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.
GIEING
GIE
Gie, v. t.
Definition: To guide. See Gye . [Obs.] Chaucer.
Gie, v. t.
Definition: To give. [Scot.] Burns.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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