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.
TESTERN
Noun
testern (plural testerns)
(obsolete) A sixpence; a tester.
Verb
testern (third-person singular simple present testerns, present participle testerning, simple past and past participle testerned)
(obsolete, transitive) To present with a sixpence.
Anagrams
• Netters, entrest, netster, netters, retents, tenters
Source: Wiktionary
Tes"tern, n.
Definition: A sixpence; a tester. [Obs.]
Tes"tern, v. t.
Definition: To present with a tester. [Obs.] Shak.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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