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.
GRISTLES
Noun
gristles
plural of gristle
Anagrams
• glisters, gritless
Source: Wiktionary
GRISTLE
Gris"tle, n. Etym: [OE. gristel, gristil, AS. gristl; akin to OFries. gristel, grestel. Perh. a dim. of grist but cf. OHG. krustila, krostela. Cf. Grist.] (Anat.)
Definition: Cartilage. See Cartilage. Bacon.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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