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.
VENTAILS
Noun
ventails
plural of ventail
Anagrams
• Levitans, Valentis
Source: Wiktionary
VENTAIL
Vent"ail, n. Etym: [OF. ventaille, F. ventail. See Ventilate, and cf. Aventail.]
Definition: That part of a helmet which is intended for the admission of air, -- sometimes in the visor. Spenser. Her ventail up so high that he descried Her goodly visage and her beauty's pride. Fairfax.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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BEQUEATH
(verb) leave or give by will after one’s death; “My aunt bequeathed me all her jewelry”; “My grandfather left me his entire estate”
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