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.
TRULLIZATION
Trul`li*za"tion, n. Etym: [L. trullissatio, from trullissare to trowel, to plaster, fr. trulla a trowel.]
Definition: The act of laying on coats of plaster with a trowel.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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LOSE
(verb) allow to go out of sight or mind; “The detective lost the man he was shadowing after he had to stop at a red light”; “lose the crowds by climbing a mountain”; “the lost tribe”
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