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.
STRADDLED
Verb
straddled
simple past tense and past participle of straddle
Source: Wiktionary
STRADDLE
Strad"dle, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Straddled; p. pr. & vb. n. Straddling.] Etym: [Freq. from the root of stride.]
1. To part the legs wide; to stand or to walk with the legs far apart.
2. To stand with the ends staggered; -- said of the spokes of a wagon wheel where they join the hub.
Strad"dle, v. t.
Definition: To place one leg on one side and the other on the other side of; to stand or sit astride of; as, to straddle a fence or a horse.
Strad"dle, n.
1. The act of standing, sitting, or walking, with the feet far apart.
2. The position, or the distance between the feet, of one who straddles; as, a wide straddle.
3. A stock option giving the holder the double privilege of a "put" and a "call," i. e., securing to the buyer of the option the right either to demand of the seller at a certain price, within a certain time, certain securities, or to require him to take at the same price, and within the same time, the same securities. [Broker's Cant]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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