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.
BACKWIND
Etymology 1
Verb
backwind (third-person singular simple present backwinds, present participle backwinding, simple past and past participle backwinded)
(nautical) To deflect air into the back of a sail or of a vessel
Noun
backwind (plural backwinds)
(nautical) The flow of air so deflected
Etymology 2
Verb
backwind (third-person singular simple present backwinds, present participle backwinding, simple past and past participle backwound)
(transitive) To wind backwards.
Anagrams
• wind back
Source: Wiktionary
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