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.
NOOSED
Verb
noosed
simple past tense and past participle of noose
Adjective
noosed (not comparable)
(of rope) having a noose
Anagrams
• nodose, nosode, odeons
Source: Wiktionary
NOOSE
Noose, n. Etym: [Prob. fr. OF. nous, nom. sing. or acc. pl. of nou knot, F. n, L. nodus. Cf. Node.]
Definition: A running knot, or loop, which binds the closer the more it is drawn.
Noose, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Noosed; p. pr. & vb. n. Noosing.]
Definition: To tie in a noose; to catch in a noose; to entrap; to insnare.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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