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.
STERES
Noun
steres
plural of stere
Anagrams
• Resets, Setser, Steers, esters, estres, reests, resets, serest, sester, seters, steers, treses
Source: Wiktionary
STERE
Stere, n. Etym: [F. stère, fr. Gr.
Definition: A unit of cubic measure in the metric system, being a cubic meter, or kiloliter, and equal to 35.3 cubic feet, or nearly 1
Stere, v. t. & i.
Definition: To stir. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Stere, n.
Definition: A rudder. See 5th Steer. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Stere, n.
Definition: Helmsman. See 6th Steer. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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UNAMBIGUOUS
(adjective) having or exhibiting a single clearly defined meaning; “As a horror, apartheid...is absolutely unambiguous”- Mario Vargas Llosa
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