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.
ORGANZINE
Etymology
Noun
organzine (countable and uncountable, plural organzines)
A kind of double thrown silk of very fine texture; silk twisted like a rope with different strands, so as to increase its strength.
Source: Wiktionary
Or"gan*zine, n. Etym: [F. organsin; cf. Sp. organsino, It. organzino.]
Definition: A kind of double thrown silk of very fine texture, that is, silk twisted like a rope with different strands, so as to increase its strength.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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BRIGHT
(adjective) made smooth and bright by or as if by rubbing; reflecting a sheen or glow; “bright silver candlesticks”; “a burnished brass knocker”; “she brushed her hair until it fell in lustrous auburn waves”; “rows of shining glasses”; “shiny black patents”
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