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.
LIMBEC
Verb
limbec (third-person singular simple present limbecs, present participle limbecking, simple past and past participle limbecked)
(obsolete, transitive) To distill.
Noun
limbec (plural limbecs)
An alembic; a still.
Anagrams
• emblic
Source: Wiktionary
Lim"bec, n. Etym: [Abbrev. of alembic.]
Definition: An alembic; a still. [Obs.] Spenser. Shak.
Lim"bec, v. t.
Definition: To distill. [Obs.] Dryden.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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