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.
GILD
club, social club, society, guild, gild, lodge, order
(noun) a formal association of people with similar interests; “he joined a golf club”; “they formed a small lunch society”; “men from the fraternal order will staff the soup kitchen today”
gild, begild, engild
(verb) decorate with, or as if with, gold leaf or liquid gold
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology 1
Verb
gild (third-person singular simple present gilds, present participle gilding, simple past and past participle gilt or gilded)
(transitive) To cover with a thin layer of gold; to cover with gold leaf.
(transitive) To adorn.
(transitive, cooking) To decorate with a golden surface appearance.
(transitive) To give a bright or pleasing aspect to.
(transitive) To make appear drunk.
Etymology 2
Noun
gild (plural gilds)
Obsolete form of guild.
Anagrams
• DILG, glid
Source: Wiktionary
Gild, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Gilded or Gilt (p. pr. & vb. n. Gilding.] Etym: [AS. gyldan, from gold gold. sq. root234. See Gold.]
1. To overlay with a thin covering of gold; to cover with a golden color; to cause to look like gold. "Gilded chariots." Pope. No more the rising sun shall gild the morn. Pope.
2. To make attractive; to adorn; to brighten. Let oft good humor, mild and gay, Gild the calm evening of your day. Trumbull.
3. To give a fair but deceptive outward appearance to; to embellish; as, to gild a lie. Shak.
4. To make red with drinking. [Obs.] This grand liquior that hath gilded them. Shak.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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