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.
UTASES
UTAS
U"tas, n. Etym: [OF. huitieves, witieves, witaves, oitieves, pl. of huitieve, witieve, etc., eighth, L. octavus. See Octave, n.] [Written also utis.]
1. (O. Eng. Law)
Definition: The eighth day after any term or feast; the octave; as, the utas of St. Michael. Cowell. The marriage was celebrated and Canterbury, and in the utas of St. Hilary next ensuing she was crowned. Holinshed.
2. Hence, festivity; merriment. [Obs.] Shak.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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