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.
YAUPING
Verb
yauping
present 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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FISSILE
(adjective) capable of being split or cleft or divided in the direction of the grain; “fissile crystals”; “fissile wood”
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