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.
NOCKED
Verb
nocked
simple past tense and past participle of nock
Anagrams
• conked, on deck
Source: Wiktionary
NOCK
Nock, n. Etym: [See Notch.]
1. A notch. He took his arrow by the nock. Chapman.
2. (Naut.)
Definition: The upper fore corner of a boom sail or of a trysail.
Nock, v. t.
Definition: To notch; to fit to the string, as an arrow; to string, as a bow. Chapman.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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