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.
WINDAGES
Noun
windages
plural of windage
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• Weigands, Wiegands
Source: Wiktionary
WINDAGE
Wind"age, n. Etym: [From Wind air in motion.]
1. (Gun.)
Definition: The difference between the diameter of the bore of a gun and that of the shot fired from it.
2. The sudden compression of the air caused by a projectile in passing close to another body.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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