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.
GNIDE
Gnide (nid), v. t. Etym: [AS. gnidan.]
Definition: To rub; to bruise; to break in pieces. [Obs.]
Note: This word is found in Tyrwhitt's Chaucer, but improperly. The woed, though common in Old English, does not occur in Chaucer. T. R. Lounsbury.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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