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.
EXSICCATOR
Etymology
Noun
exsiccator (plural exsiccators)
(dated) A desiccator.
Source: Wiktionary
Ex"sic*ca`tor, n. (Chem.)
Definition: An apparatus for drying substances or preserving them from moisture; a desiccator; also, less frequently, an agent employed to absorb moisture, as calcium chloride, or concentrated sulphuric acid.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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