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.
CROSSCLAIM
Etymology
Noun
crossclaim (plural crossclaims)
(legal) A secondary lawsuit, brought by a defendant in an original lawsuit, against a co-defendant in the original suit.
Verb
crossclaim (third-person singular simple present crossclaims, present participle crossclaiming, simple past and past participle crossclaimed)
(legal) To file such a secondary lawsuit.
Source: Wiktionary
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TRUNCATION
(noun) the replacement of an edge or solid angle (as in cutting a gemstone) by a plane (especially by a plane that is equally inclined to the adjacent faces)
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