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.
INSETTING
INSET
inset
(verb) set or place in
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Verb
insetting
present participle of inset
Anagrams
• setting in
Source: Wiktionary
INSET
In*set", v. t.
Definition: To infix. [Obs.] Chaucer.
In"set, n.
1. That which is inserted or set in; an insertion.
2. (Bookbinding)
Definition: One or more separate leaves inserted in a volume before binding; as: (a) A portion of the printed sheet in certain sizes of books which is cut off before folding, and set into the middle of the folded sheet to complete the succession of paging; -- also called offcut. (b) A page or pages of advertisements inserted.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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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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