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.
BROIDERY
Noun
broidery (countable and uncountable, plural broideries)
(archaic) embroidery
Source: Wiktionary
Broid"er*y, n.
Definition: Embroidery. [Archaic] The golden broidery tender Milkah wove. Tickell.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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TEMPORIZE
(verb) draw out a discussion or process in order to gain time; “The speaker temporized in order to delay the vote”
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