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.
SLICKEN
Etymology 1
Verb
slicken (third-person singular simple present slickens, present participle slickening, simple past and past participle slickened)
(transitive) To make slick.
Etymology 2
Adjective
slicken (comparative more slicken, superlative most slicken)
(UK, dialect) sleek; smooth
Anagrams
• Nickels, Nickles, nickels, nickles, snickle
Source: Wiktionary
Slick"en, a.
Definition: Sleek; smooth. [Prov. Eng.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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NEGLECT
(verb) leave undone or leave out; “How could I miss that typo?”; “The workers on the conveyor belt miss one out of ten”
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