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.
HAMBLE
Etymology
Verb
hamble (third-person singular simple present hambles, present participle hambling, simple past and past participle hambled)
(obsolete, transitive) To mutilate; hamstring; cut away.
(transitive) To cut out the balls of the feet of (dogs) so as to render them unfit for hunting.
(intransitive) To walk lame; limp.
Anagrams
• mahleb
Proper noun
Hamble
A river in Hampshire, England.
Anagrams
• mahleb
Source: Wiktionary
Ham"ble, v. t. Etym: [OE. hamelen to mutilate, AS. hamelian; akin to OHG. hamal to mutilate, hamal mutilated, ham mutilated, Icel. hamla to mutilate. Cf.Ham to fetter.]
Definition: To hamstring. [Obs.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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