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.
OVERWASH
Etymology
Verb
overwash (third-person singular simple present overwashes, present participle overwashing, simple past and past participle overwashed)
(transitive) To wash too much or too often.
(intransitive) To become flooded.
Noun
overwash (countable and uncountable, plural overwashes)
The flow of water and sediment over the crest of a beach that does not directly return to the water body.
Anagrams
• wash over, washover
Source: Wiktionary
O`ver*wash", v. t.
Definition: To overflow. Holinshed.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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WHOLE
(noun) an assemblage of parts that is regarded as a single entity; “how big is that part compared to the whole?”; “the team is a unit”
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