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.
WINDLES
Etymology 1
Noun
windles
plural of windle
Etymology 2
Noun
windles
A winch, a windlass.
Anagrams
• Swindle, swindle, wildens
Proper noun
Windles
plural of Windle
Anagrams
• Swindle, swindle, wildens
Source: Wiktionary
WINDLE
Win"dle, n. Etym: [From Wind to turn.]
1. A spindle; a kind of reel; a winch.
2. (Zoöl.)
Definition: The redwing. [Prov. Eng.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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