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.
HOUSECARL
Etymology
Noun
housecarl (plural housecarls)
(historical) A member of the Scandinavian royal household troops.
Source: Wiktionary
House"carl`, n. Etym: [OE. huscarle. See House, and Carl.] (Eng. Archæol.)
Definition: A household servant; also, one of the bodyguard of King Canute.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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TRANSPOSITION
(noun) (music) playing in a different key from the key intended; moving the pitch of a piece of music upwards or downwards
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