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.
WOMBING
Verb
wombing
present participle of womb
Source: Wiktionary
WOMB
Womb, n. Etym: [OE. wombe, wambe, AS. wamb, womb; akin to D. wam belly, OS. & OHG. wamba, G. wamme, wampe, Icel. vömb, Sw. v&mb, Dan. vom, Goth. wamba.]
1. The belly; the abdomen. [Obs.] Chaucer. And he coveted to fill his woman of the cods that the hogs eat, and no man gave him. Wyclif (Luke xv. 16). An I had but a belly of any indifferency, I were simply the most active fellow in Europe. My womb, my womb, my womb undoes me. Shak.
2. (Anat.)
Definition: The uterus. See Uterus.
3. The place where anything is generated or produced. The womb of earth the genial seed receives. Dryden.
4. Any cavity containing and enveloping anything. The center spike of gold Which burns deep in the bluebell's womb. R. Browning.
Womb, v. t.
Definition: To inclose in a womb, or as in a womb; to breed or hold in secret. [Obs.] Shak.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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