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.
PHIALS
Noun
phials
plural of phial
Verb
phials
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of phial
Anagrams
• la'ship, palish
Source: Wiktionary
PHIAL
Phi"al, n. Etym: [F. fiole, L. phiala a broad, flat, shallow cup or bowl, Gr. Vial.]
Definition: A glass vessel or bottle, especially a small bottle for medicines; a vial.
Phi"al, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Phialed; p. pr. & vb. n. Phialing.]
Definition: To put or keep in, or as in, a phial. Its phial'd wrath may fate exhaust. Shenstone.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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