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.
CURTAILS
Verb
curtails
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of curtail
Noun
curtails
plural of curtail
Anagrams
• rustical
Source: Wiktionary
CURTAIL
Cur*tail" (kr-tl"), v. t. [imp. & p.p. Curtailed (-tld"); p.pr. & vb.n. Curtailing.] Etym: [See Curtal.]
Definition: To cut off the end or tail, or any part, of; to shorten; to abridge; to diminish; to reduce. I, that am curtailed of this fair proportion. Shak. Our incomes have been curtailed; his salary has been doubled. Macualay.
Cur"tail (kr"tl), n.
Definition: The scroll termination of any architectural member, as of a step, etc.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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