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.
WAPPER
Etymology 1
Noun
wapper (plural wappers)
(UK, dialect) A gudgeon.
Etymology 2
Verb
wapper (third-person singular simple present wappers, present participle wappering, simple past and past participle wappered)
(transitive) To cause to shake.
(intransitive) To move tremulously, as from weakness; to totter.
Anagrams
• wrappe
Source: Wiktionary
Wap"per, v. t. & i. Etym: [freq. of wap, v.; cf. dial. G. wappern, wippern, to move up and down, to rock.]
Definition: To cause to shake; to tremble; to move tremulously, as from weakness; to totter. [Obs.]
Wap"per, n. (Zoöl.)
Definition: A gudgeon. [Prov. Eng.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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