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.
TOUSING
Verb
tousing
present participle of touse
Anagrams
• Guintos, ousting, outings, outsing, sign out, sign-out, signout, sing out
Source: Wiktionary
TOUSE
Touse, Touze, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. Toused; p. pr. & vb. n. Tousing.] Etym: [OE. tosen sq. root64. See tease, and cf. Tose, Toze. ]
Definition: To pull; to haul; to tear; to worry. [Prov. Eng.] Shak. As a bear, whom angry curs have touzed. Spenser.
Touse, n.
Definition: A pulling; a disturbance. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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(adjective) of or relating to an inheritable character that is controlled by several genes at once; of or related to or determined by polygenes
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