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.
WHIPSTAFF
Etymology
Noun
whipstaff (plural whipstaffs or whipstaves)
(nautical) A bar, going through the poopdeck, attached orthogonally to the tiller for steering a ship.
Source: Wiktionary
Whip"staff`, n. (Naut.)
Definition: A bar attached to the tiller, for convenience in steering.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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FELLOW
(noun) a member of a learned society; “he was elected a fellow of the American Physiological Association”
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