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.
GLIM
Etymology
Noun
glim (countable and uncountable, plural glims)
(obsolete) brightness; splendour
(archaic, slang) A light; a candle; a lantern; a fire.
(archaic, slang) An eye.
(archaic, slang) A pair of glasses or spectacles.
(archaic, slang) A look; a glimpse.
(archaic, slang) Gonorrhea
(archaic, slang) Fake documents claiming the loss of property by fire (for use in begging).
Verb
glim (third-person singular simple present glims, present participle glimming, simple past and past participle glimmed)
(obsolete, transitive) To brand on the hand.
(dated, slang) To illuminate.
(dated, slang) To see; to observe.
Source: Wiktionary
Glim, n.
1. Brightness; splendor. [Obs.]
2. A light or candle. [Slang] Dickens. Douse the glim, put out the light. [Slang]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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