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.
INLOCK
Etymology
Verb
inlock (third-person singular simple present inlocks, present participle inlocking, simple past and past participle inlocked)
(transitive) To lock in.
(transitive) To enclose.
Noun
inlock (plural inlocks)
A locking in.
That which is locked in.
An inner or interior lock.
(legal, UK dialectal, Northern England) Any corner or part of a common field plowed up and sowed with oats, etc. and sometimes fenced in with a dry hedge while the lave of the field lies fallow and common.
Anagrams
• lock in, lock-in, lockin
Source: Wiktionary
In*lock", v. t.
Definition: To lock in, or inclose.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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