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.
PENICIL
Etymology
Noun
penicil (plural penicils)
(medicine, dated) A tent or pledget for wounds or ulcers.
A brush made from hair.
Source: Wiktionary
Pen"i*cil, n. Etym: [L. penicillum, penicillus, a painter's brush, a roil of lint, a tent for wounds.] (mented.)
Definition: A tent or pledget for wounds or ulcers.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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