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.
LAUNDERINGS
Noun
launderings
plural of laundering
Source: Wiktionary
LAUNDERING
Laun"der*ing, n.
Definition: The act, or occupation, of one who launders; washing and ironing.
LAUNDER
Laun"der, n. Etym: [Contracted fr. OE. lavender, F. lavandière, LL. lavandena, from L. lavare to wash. See Lave.]
1. A washerwoman. [Obs.]
2. (Mining)
Definition: A trough used by miners to receive the powdered ore from the box where it is beaten, or for carrying water to the stamps, or other apparatus, for comminuting, or sorting, the ore.
Laun"der, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Laundered; p. pr. & vb. n. Laundering.]
1. To wash, as clothes; to wash, and to smooth with a flatiron or mangle; to wash and iron; as, to launder shirts.
2. To lave; to wet. [Obs.] Shak.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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