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.
wracks
plural of wrack
wracks
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of wrack
• crawks
Source: Wiktionary
Wrack, n.
Definition: A thin, flying cloud; a rack.
Wrack, v. t.
Definition: To rack; to torment. [R.]
Wrack, n. Etym: [OE. wrak wreck. See Wreck.]
1. Wreck; ruin; destruction. [Obs.] Chaucer. "A world devote to universal wrack." Milton. wrack and ruin
2. Any marine vegetation cast up on the shore, especially plants of the genera Fucus, Laminaria, and Zostera, which are most abundant on northern shores.
3. (Bot.)
Definition: Coarse seaweed of any kind. Wrack grass, or Grass wrack (Bot.), eelgrass.
Wrack, v. t.
Definition: To wreck. [Obs.] Dryden.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
3 June 2025
(noun) (law) someone who owns (is legal possessor of) a business; “he is the owner of a chain of restaurants”
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.