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.
SOUGHED
Verb
soughed
simple past tense and past participle of sough
Source: Wiktionary
SOUGH
Sough, n.
Definition: A sow. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Sough, n. Etym: [Etymol. uncertain.]
Definition: A small drain; an adit. [Prov. Eng.] W. M. Buchanan.
Sough, n. Etym: [Cf. Icel. s (in comp.) a rushing sound, or OE. swough, swogh, a sound, AS. sw to rustle. Cf. Surf, Swoon, v. i.]
1. The sound produced by soughing; a hollow murmur or roaring. The whispering leaves or solemn sough of the forest. W. Howitt.
2. Hence, a vague rumor or flying report. [Scot.]
3. A cant or whining mode of speaking, especially in preaching or praying. [Scot.] Jamieson.
Sough, v. i.
Definition: To whistle or sigh, as the wind.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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