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.
WITWALL
Etymology
Noun
witwall (plural witwalls)
(UK, dialect) The golden oriole.
(UK, dialect) The great spotted woodpecker.
Source: Wiktionary
Wit"wal`, Wit"wall`, n. Etym: [Akin to G. wittewal, wiedewall, MHG. witewal, D. wiedewaal, wielewaal, OD. weduwael, and perhaps the same word as OE. wodewale. Cf. Wood, n., Wittol.] (Zoöl.) (a) The golden oriole. (b) The greater spotted woodpecker. [Prov. Eng.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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