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.
PELTRIES
Noun
peltries
plural of peltry
Anagrams
• epistler, peitrels, perlites, rep-tiles, repliest, reptiles, spirelet
Source: Wiktionary
PELTRY
Pelt"ry, n. Etym: [F. pelleterie peltry, furriery, fr. pelletier a furrier, fr. OF. pel skin, F. peau, L. pelis. See Pelt a skin, Pell, n., Fell a skin.]
Definition: Pelts or skins, collectively; skins with the fur on them; furs.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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