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.
NICOTIANS
NICOTIAN
Ni*co"tian, n. Etym: [F. nicotiane; -- so called from Nicot, who introduced it into France, a.d. 15
Definition: Tobacco. [R.] B. Jonson.
Ni*co"tian, a.
Definition: Pertaining to, or derived from, tobacco. [R.] Bp. Hall.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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(noun) getting something back again; “upon the restitution of the book to its rightful owner the child was given a tongue lashing”
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