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.
ODOMETER
odometer, hodometer, mileometer, milometer
(noun) a meter that shows mileage traversed
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
odometer (plural odometers)
An instrument attached to the wheel of a vehicle, to measure the distance traveled.
A wheel used by surveyors, which registers distance traveled.
Anagrams
• odometre
Source: Wiktionary
O*dom"e*ter, n. Etym: [Gr. odométre, hodométre.]
Definition: An instrument attached to the wheel of a vehicle, to measure the distance traversed; also, a wheel used by surveyors, which registers the miles and rods traversed.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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SYNCRETISM
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