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.
RODENTS
Noun
rodents
plural of rodent
Anagrams
• dentros, drontes, snorted
Source: Wiktionary
RODENT
Ro"dent, a. Etym: [L. rodens, -entis, p. pr. of rodere to gnaw. See Rase, v. t., and cf. Rostrum.]
1. Gnawing; biting; corroding; (Med.) applied to a destructive variety of cancer or ulcer.
2. (Zoöl.) (a) Gnawing. (b) Of or pertaining to the Rodentia.
Ro"dent, n. (Zoöl.)
Definition: One of the Rodentia.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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