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.
YAFFINGALE
Etymology
Noun
yaffingale (plural yaffingales)
(archaic) the European green woodpecker, Picus viridis
Synonyms
• yaffle
Source: Wiktionary
Yaf"fin*gale, n. Etym: [See Yaffle, and cf. Nightingale.] (Zoöl.)
Definition: The yaffle. [Prov. Eng.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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TRANSPOSITION
(noun) (music) playing in a different key from the key intended; moving the pitch of a piece of music upwards or downwards
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