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.
THOWELS
Noun
thowels
plural of thowel
Anagrams
• howlest, howlets, sloweth, wholest
Source: Wiktionary
THOWEL
Thow"el, Thowl, n. Etym: [See Thole.] (Naut.) (a) A thole pin. (b) A rowlock. I would sit impatiently thinking with what an unusual amount of noise the oars worked in the thowels. Dickens.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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WHOLE
(noun) an assemblage of parts that is regarded as a single entity; “how big is that part compared to the whole?”; “the team is a unit”
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