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.
UNSHUTTER
Etymology
Verb
unshutter (third-person singular simple present unshutters, present participle unshuttering, simple past and past participle unshuttered)
(transitive) To open or remove the shutters of.
Source: Wiktionary
Un*shut"ter, v. t. Etym: [1st pref. un- + shutter.]
Definition: To open or remove the shutters of. T. Hughes.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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(noun) small asexual fruiting body resembling a cushion or blister consisting of a mat of hyphae that is produced on a host by some fungi
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