Some 16th-century Italian clergymen tried to ban coffee because they believed it to be “satanic.” However, Pope Clement VII loved coffee so much that he lifted the ban and had coffee baptized in 1600.
ACCOILS
Verb
accoils
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of accoil
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• calicos
Source: Wiktionary
ACCOIL
Ac*coil", v. t. Etym: [OE. acoillir to receive, F. accueillir; L. ad + colligere to collect. See Coil.]
1. To gather together; to collect. [Obs.] Spenser.
2. (Naut.)
Definition: To coil together. Ham. Nav. Encyc.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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