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.
UNSLUICE
Etymology
Verb
unsluice (third-person singular simple present unsluices, present participle unsluicing, simple past and past participle unsluiced)
(transitive) To sluice; to open the sluice or sluices of; to let flow; to discharge.
Source: Wiktionary
Un*sluice", v. t. Etym: [1st pref. un- + sluice.]
Definition: To sluice; to open the sluice or sluices of; to let flow; to discharge. Dryden.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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