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.
WINDROWS
Noun
windrows
plural of windrow
Source: Wiktionary
WINDROW
Wind"row`, n. Etym: [Wind + row.]
1. A row or line of hay raked together for the purpose of being rolled into cocks or heaps.
2. Sheaves of grain set up in a row, one against another, that the wind may blow between them. [Eng.]
3. The green border of a field, dug up in order to carry the earth on other land to mend it. [Eng.]
Wind"row, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Windrowed; p. pr. & vb. n. Windrowing.]
Definition: To arrange in lines or windrows, as hay when newly made. Forby.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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