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.
TARGE
Etymology
Noun
targe (plural targes)
(archaic) A small shield
(archaic) A tassel or pendant
Anagrams
• 'Gater, Greta, ergat-, grate, great, great-, retag, terga
Source: Wiktionary
Targe, n. Etym: [F. Cf. Target.]
Definition: A shield or target. [Obs. or Poetic] "A buckler on a targe." Chaucer.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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