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.
SMUTCH
smear, blur, smudge, smutch
(verb) make a smudge on; soil by smudging
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Verb
smutch (third-person singular simple present smutches, present participle smutching, simple past and past participle smutched)
To soil, stain or smudge.
Noun
smutch (plural smutches)
A stain, smudge or blot.
Anagrams
• schtum
Source: Wiktionary
Smutch, n. Etym: [Prob. for smuts. See Smut, n.]
Definition: A stain; a dirty spot. B. Jonson.
Smutch, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Smutched; p. pr. & vb. n. Smutching.]
Definition: To blacken with smoke, soot, or coal. [Written also smooch.] B. Jonson.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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(adjective) remarkable or out of the ordinary in degree or magnitude or effect; “a great crisis”; “had a great stake in the outcome”
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