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.
SEINING
Verb
seining
present participle of seine
Noun
seining (plural seinings)
fishing with a seine
Anagrams
• ingines, insigne
Source: Wiktionary
Sein"ing, n.
Definition: Fishing with a seine.
SEINE
Seine, n. Etym: [F. seine, or AS. segene, bsagena, Gr. (Fishing.)
Definition: A large net, one edge of which is provided with sinkers, and the other with floats. It hangs vertically in the water, and when its ends are brought together or drawn ashore incloses the fish. Seine boat, a boat specially constructed to carry and pay out a seine.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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THEORETICAL
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