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.
RATTAILED
Rat"-tailed`, a. (Zoƶl.)
Definition: Having a long, tapering tail like that of a rat. Rat-tailed larva (Zoƶl.), the larva of a fly of the genus Eristalis. See Eristalis.
– Rat-tailed serpent (Zoƶl.), the fer-de-lance.
– Rat-tailed shrew (Zoƶl.), the musk shrew.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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(noun) (obstetrics) position of the fetus in the uterus relative to the birth canal; āCesarean sections are sometimes the result of abnormal presentationsā
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