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.
REFRACTURING
Verb
refracturing
present participle of refracture
Source: Wiktionary
REFRACTURE
Re*frac"ture (r*frk"tr;135), n. (Surg.)
Definition: A second breaking (as of a badly set bone) by the surgeon.
Re*frac"ture, v. t. (Surg.)
Definition: To break again, as a bone.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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