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.
SPELKS
Noun
spelks
plural of spelk
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SPELK
Spelk, n. Etym: [AS. spelc, spilc, a little rod by which a thing is kept straight, a splint for binding up broken bones, akin to Icel. spelkur, pl., a splint. Cf. Spell a splinter.]
Definition: A small stick or rod used as a spike in thatching; a splinter. [Prov. Eng.] Grose.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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