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.
UNROLLED
Verb
unrolled
simple past tense and past participle of unroll
Adjective
unrolled (not comparable)
Not having been rolled.
unrolled steel
Source: Wiktionary
UNROLL
Un*roll", v. t. Etym: [1st pref. un- + roll.] [Written also unrol.]
1. To open, as what is rolled or convolved; as, to unroll cloth; to unroll a banner.
2. To display; to reveal. Dryden.
3. To remove from a roll or register, as a name. If I make not this cheat bring out another . . . let me be unrolled and my name put in the book of virtue! Shak.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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PUNGENCY
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