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.
TRINING
Verb
trining
present participle of trine
Source: Wiktionary
TRINE
Trine, a. Etym: [See Trinal.]
Definition: Threefold; triple; as, trine dimensions, or length, breadth, and thickness.
Trine, n. Etym: [F. trine, trin. See Trinal.]
1. (Astrol.)
Definition: The aspect of planets distant from each other 120 degrees, or one third of the zodiac; trigon. In sextile, square, and trine. Milton.
2. A triad; trinity. [R.] A single trine of brazen tortoises. Mrs. Browning. Eternal One, Almighty Trine! Keble.
Trine, v. t.
Definition: To put in the aspect of a trine. [R.] By fortune he [Saturn] was now to Venus trined. Dryden.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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