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.
SLIDDERED
Verb
sliddered
simple past tense and past participle of slidder
Source: Wiktionary
SLIDDER
Slid"der, v. t. Etym: [AS. sliderian. See Slide, v. t.]
Definition: To slide with interruption. [Obs.] Dryden.
Slid"der, Slid"der*ly, Slid"der*y, a. Etym: [AS. slidor. See Slide, v. t.]
Definition: Slippery. [Obs.] To a drunk man the way is slidder. Chaucer.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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