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.
WADD
Noun
wadd (countable and uncountable, plural wadds)
(mineral) Alternative form of wad
Source: Wiktionary
Wad, Wadd, n. (Min.) (a) An earthy oxide of manganese, or mixture of different oxides and water, with some oxide of iron, and often silica, alumina, lime, or baryta; black ocher. There are several varieties. (b) Plumbago, or black lead.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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