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.
OBTURATION
Etymology
Noun
obturation (countable and uncountable, plural obturations)
The act of stopping up, or closing, an opening.
• Bishop Hall
(firearms) The process of a bullet expanding under pressure to fit the bore of the firearm, or a cartridge case expanding under pressure to seal the chamber.
Source: Wiktionary
Ob`tu*ra"tion, n. Etym: [L. obturare to stop up: cf.F. obturation.]
Definition: The act of stopping up, or closing, an opening. "Deaf by an outward obturation." Bp. Hall.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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HABIT
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