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.
SWARFED
Verb
swarfed
simple past tense and past participle of swarf
Source: Wiktionary
SWARF
Swarf, v. i. Etym: [Cf. Swerve.]
Definition: To grow languid; to faint. [Scot.] "To swarf for very hunger." Sir W. Scott.
Swarf, n. Etym: [Cf. Swerve.]
Definition: The grit worn away from grindstones in grinding cutlery wet. [Prov. Eng.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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