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.
REENTERING
Verb
reentering
present participle of reenter
Source: Wiktionary
Re*ën"ter*ing, n. (Calico Printing.)
Definition: The process of applying additional colors, by applications of printing blocks, to patterns already partly colored.
REENTER
Re*ën"ter (r*n"tr), v. t.
1. To enter again.
2. (Engraving)
Definition: To cut deeper, as engraved lines on a plate of metal, when the engraving has not been deep enough, or the plate has become worn in printing.
Re*ën"ter, v. i.
Definition: To enter anew or again. Reëntering angle, an angle of a polygon pointing inward, as a, in the cut.
– Reëntering polygon, a polygon having one or more reëntering angles.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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