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.
SPENCERS
Noun
spencers
plural of spencer
Source: Wiktionary
SPENCER
Spen"cer, n. Etym: [OF. despensier. See Spence, and cf. Dispenser.]
Definition: One who has the care of the spence, or buttery. [Obs.] Promptorium Parvulorum.
Spen"cer, n. Etym: [From the third Earl Spencer, who first wore it, or brought it into fashion.]
Definition: A short jacket worn by men and by women. Ld. Lutton.
Spen"cer, n. (Naut.)
Definition: A fore-and-aft sail, abaft the foremast or the mainmast, hoisted upon a small supplementary mast and set with a gaff and no boom; a trysail carried at the foremast or mainmast; -- named after its inventor, Knight Spencer, of England [1802]. Spencer mast, a small mast just abaft the foremast or mainmast, for hoisting the spencer. R. H. Dana, Jr.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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