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.
RESPOT
Etymology
Verb
respot (third-person singular simple present respots, present participle respotting, simple past and past participle respotted)
(sports, billiards, snooker, pool) To replace a ball on its correct spot on a snooker, billiards or pool table.
(sports, bowling) To replace a pin to its correct position prior to a player bowling.
To move a commercial or military vehicle or vehicles into a new position in order to make room for other activity or to allow the moved vehicles to be worked on.
(manufacturing) To perform the final welds on a manufactured item.
Noun
respot (plural respots)
An operation in which commercial or military vehicles are respotted.
(manufacturing) The final welding on a manufactured item.
Anagrams
• Presto, Strope, e-sport, eSport, esport, opster, opters, petros, poster, presto, repost, repots, sprote, topers, tropes
Source: Wiktionary
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