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.
LAUND
Etymology
Noun
laund (plural launds)
(archaic) A grassy plain or pasture, especially surrounded by woodland; a glade.
Anagrams
• Lunda, dunal, ulnad
Source: Wiktionary
Laund (lalnd), n. Etym: [See Lawn of grass.]
Definition: A plain sprinkled with trees or underbrush; a glade. [Obs.] In a laund upon an hill of flowers. Chaucer. Through this laund anon the deer will come. Shak.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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