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.
BALLOONS
Noun
balloons
plural of balloon
Verb
balloons
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of balloon; Enlarges, gets bigger
Source: Wiktionary
BALLOON
Bal*loon", n. Etym: [F. ballon, aug. of balle ball: cf. It. ballone. See 1st Ball, n., and cf. Pallone.]
1. A bag made of silk or other light material, and filled with hydrogen gas or heated air, so as to rise and float in the atmosphere; especially, one with a car attached for aërial navigation.
2. (Arch.)
Definition: A ball or globe on the top of a pillar, church, etc., as at St. Paul's, in London. [R.]
3. (Chem.)
Definition: A round vessel, usually with a short neck, to hold or receive whatever is distilled; a glass vessel of a spherical form.
4. (Pyrotechnics)
Definition: A bomb or shell. [Obs.]
5. A game played with a large inf [Obs.]
6. (Engraving)
Definition: The outline inclosing words represented as coming from the mouth of a pictured figure. Air balloon, a balloon for aërial navigation.
– Balloon frame (Carp.), a house frame constructed altogether of small timber.
– Balloon net, a variety of woven lace in which the weft threads are twisted in a peculiar manner around the warp.
Bal*loon", v. t.
Definition: To take up in, or as if in, a balloon.
Bal*loon", v. i.
1. To go up or voyage in a balloon.
2. To expand, or puff out, like a balloon.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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