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.
OCCAMIES
OCCAMY
Oc"ca*my, n. Etym: [A corruption of alchemy.]
Definition: An alloy imitating gold or silver. [Written also ochimy, ochymy, etc.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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PRESENTATION
(noun) (obstetrics) position of the fetus in the uterus relative to the birth canal; “Cesarean sections are sometimes the result of abnormal presentations”
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