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.
SCAMMEL
Scam"ell, or; Scam"mel, n. (Zoöl.)
Definition: The female bar-tailed godwit. [Prov. Eng.]
Note: Whether this is the scamel mentioned by Shakespeare ["Tempest," ii. 2] is not known.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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(adjective) not quite exact or correct; “the approximate time was 10 o’clock”; “a rough guess”; “a ballpark estimate”
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