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.
SCRATS
Verb
scrats
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of scrat
Noun
scrats
plural of scrat
Anagrams
• scarts
Source: Wiktionary
SCRAT
Scrat, v. t. Etym: [OE. scratten. Cf. Scratch.]
Definition: To scratch. [Obs.] Burton.
Scrat, v. i.
Definition: To rake; to search. [Obs.] Mir. for Mag.
Scrat, n. Etym: [Cf. AS. scritta an hermaphrodite, Ir. scrut a scrub, a low, mean person, Gael. sgrut, sgruit, an old, shriveled person.]
Definition: An hermaphrodite. [Obs.] Skinner.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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