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.
SCRIBES
Noun
scribes
plural of scribe
Source: Wiktionary
SCRIBE
Scribe, n. Etym: [L. scriba, fr. scribere to write; cf. Gr. scarify. Cf. Ascribe, Describe, Script, Scrivener, Scrutoire.]
1. One who writes; a draughtsman; a writer for another; especially, an offical or public writer; an amanuensis or secretary; a notary; a copyist.
2. (Jewish Hist.)
Definition: A writer and doctor of the law; one skilled in the law and traditions; one who read and explained the law to the people.
Scribe, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Scribed; p. pr. & vb. n. Scribing.]
1. To write, engrave, or mark upon; to inscribe. Spenser.
2. (Carp.)
Definition: To cut (anything) in such a way as to fit closely to a somewhat irregular surface, as a baseboard to a floor which is out of level, a board to the curves of a molding, or the like; -- so called because the workman marks, or scribe, with the compasses the line that he afterwards cuts.
3. To score or mark with compasses or a scribing iron. Scribing iron, an iron-pointed instrument for scribing, or marking, casks and logs.
Scribe, v. i.
Definition: To make a mark. With the separated points of a pair of spring dividers scribe around the edge of the templet. A. M. Mayer.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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