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.
TOURNEYED
Verb
tourneyed
simple past tense and past participle of tourney
Source: Wiktionary
TOURNEY
Tour"ney, n. Etym: [OF. tornei, tornoi, F. tournoi, fr. OF. torneier, tornoier, tournoier, to tit, to tourney, F. tournoyer to turn round and round. See Turn, v. t.]
Definition: A tournament. Bacon. At tilt or tourney or like warlike game. Spenser. We hold a tourney here to-morrow morn, And there is scantly time for half the work. Tennyson.
Tour"ney, v. i. Etym: [Cf.OF. torneier. See Tourney, n. ]
Definition: To perform in tournaments; to tilt. Well could he tourney, and in lists debate. Spenser.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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