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.
WRIGGLED
Verb
wriggled
simple past tense and past participle of wriggle
Source: Wiktionary
WRIGGLE
Wrig"gle, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Wriggled; p. pr. & vb. n. Wriggling.] Etym: [Freq. of wrig, probably from OE. wrikken to move to and fro; cf. LG. wriggeln, D. wrikken, Sw. vricka, Dan. vrikke.]
Definition: To move the body to and fro with short, writhing motions, like a worm; to squirm; to twist uneasily or quickly about. Both he and successors would often wriggle in their seats, as long as the cushion lasted. Swift.
Wrig"gle, v. t.
Definition: To move with short, quick contortions; to move by twisting and squirming; like a worm. Covetousness will wriggle itself out at a small hole. Fuller. Wriggling his body to recover His seat, and cast his right leg over. Hudibras.
Wrig"gle, a.
Definition: Wriggling; frisky; pliant; flexible. [Obs.] "Their wriggle tails." Spenser.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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