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.
LACKEYING
Verb
lackeying
present participle of lackey
Source: Wiktionary
LACKEY
Lack"ey, n.; pl. Lackeys. Etym: [F. laquais; cf. Sp. & Pg. lacayo; of uncertain origin; perh. of German origin, and akin to E.lick, v.]
Definition: An attending male servant; a footman; a servile follower. Like a Christian footboy or a gentleman's lackey. Shak. Lackey caterpillar (Zoöl.), the caterpillar, or larva, of any bombycid moth of the genus Clisiocampa; -- so called from its party- colored markings. The common European species (C. neustria) is striped with blue, yellow, and red, with a white line on the back. The American species (C. Americana and C. sylvatica) are commonly called tent caterpillars. See Tent caterpillar,under Tent.
– Lackey moth (Zoöl.), the moth which produces the lackey caterpillar.
Lack"ey, v. t.
Definition: To attend as a lackey; to wait upon. A thousand liveried angels lackey her. Milton.
Lack"ey, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Lackeyed; p. pr. & vb. n. Lackeying.]
Definition: To act or serve as lackey; to pay servile attendance.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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