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.
REJOINT
Re*joint" (re-joint"), v. t.
1. To reunite the joints of; to joint anew. Barrow.
2. Specifically (Arch.), to fill up the joints of, as stones in buildings when the mortar has been dislodged by age and the action of the weather. Gwilt.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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