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.
SISE
six, VI, sixer, sise, Captain Hicks, half a dozen, sextet, sestet, sextuplet, hexad
(noun) the cardinal number that is the sum of five and one
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Sise, n. Etym: [From Assize.]
Definition: An assize. [Obs.]
Sise, n. Etym: [See Sice.]
Definition: Six; the highest number on a die; the cast of six in throwing dice. In the new casting of a die, when ace is on the top, sise must needs be at the bottom. Fuller.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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