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.
SANDEMANIAN
San`de*ma"ni*an, n. (Eccl. Hist.)
Definition: A follower of Robert Sandeman, a Scotch sectary of the eighteenth century. See Glassite.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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SALTWORT
(noun) bushy plant of Old World salt marshes and sea beaches having prickly leaves; burned to produce a crude soda ash
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