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.
NAID
Na"id, n. Etym: [See Naiad.] (Zoöl.)
Definition: Any one of numerous species of small, fresh-water, chætopod annelids of the tribe Naidina. They belong to the Oligochæta.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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