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.
SWARDING
Verb
swarding
present participle of sward
Anagrams
• Wingards, drawings, wardings
Source: Wiktionary
SWARD
Sward, n. Etym: [AS. sweard skin, covering; akin to OFries. swarge, D. zwoord, G. schwarte, Icel. svƶr skin, sward of the earth.]
1. Skin; covering. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.
2. The grassy surface of land; that part of the soil which is filled with the roots of grass; turf. The sward was trim as any garden lawn. Tennyson. Sward pork, bacon in large fitches. [Prov. Eng.]
Sward, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. Swarded; p. pr. & vb. n. Swarding.]
Definition: To produce sward upon; to cover, or be covered, with sward. Mortimer.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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