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.
THOROUGHBRACE
Etymology
Noun
thoroughbrace (plural thoroughbraces)
(dated) A leather strap supporting the body of a carriage, and attached to springs or serving as a spring itself.
Source: Wiktionary
Thor"ough-brace`, n.
Definition: A leather strap supporting the body of a carriage, and attached to springs, or serving as a spring. See Illust. of Chaise.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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DIRECTIONALITY
(noun) the property of being directional or maintaining a direction; “the directionality of written English is from left to right”
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