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.
YAUPED
Verb
yauped
simple past tense and past participle of yaup
Source: Wiktionary
YAUP
Yaup, v. i. Etym: [See Yap, and Yelp.]
Definition: To cry out like a child; to yelp. [Scot. & Colloq. U. S.] [Written also yawp.]
Yaup, n. Etym: [Written also yawp.]
1. A cry of distress, rage, or the like, as the cry of a sickly bird, or of a child in pain. [Scot. & Colloq. U. S.]
2. (Zoöl.)
Definition: The blue titmouse. [Prov. Eng.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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