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.
LICHES
Noun
liches
plural of lich
Anagrams
• Schlei, chiels, chiles, chisel, elchis, lechis, sichel
Source: Wiktionary
LICH
Lich, a.
Definition: Like. [Obs.] Chaucer. Spenser.
Lich, n. Etym: [AS.lic body. See Like, a.]
Definition: A dead body; a corpse. [Obs.] Lich fowl (Zoöl.), the European goatsucker; -- called also lich owl.
– Lich gate, a covered gate through which the corpse was carried to the church or burial place, and where the bier was placed to await clergyman; a corpse gate. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.
– Lich wake, the wake, or watching, held over a corpse before burial. [Prov Eng.] Chaucer.
– Lich wall, the wall of a churchyard or burying ground.
– Lich way, the path by which the dead are carried to the grave. [Prov. Eng.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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LEFT
(adjective) being or located on or directed toward the side of the body to the west when facing north; “my left hand”; “left center field”; “the left bank of a river is bank on your left side when you are facing downstream”
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