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.
OCHREATED
O"chre*ate, O"chre*a`ted, a.
1. Wearing or furnished with an ochrea or legging; wearing boots; booted. A scholar undertook...to address himself ochreated unto the vice chancellor. Fuller.
2. (Bot.)
Definition: Provided with ochrea, or sheathformed stipules, as the rhubarb, yellow dock, and knotgrass.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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NAUSEATING
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