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.
BARLEY
barley, barleycorn
(noun) a grain of barley
barley
(noun) cultivated since prehistoric times; grown for forage and grain
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
barley (usually uncountable, plural barleys)
A cereal of the species Hordeum vulgare, or its grains, often used as food or to make beer and other malted drinks.
Hypernyms
• (grain crop): grain, cereal
Anagrams
• Braley, barely, bearly, bleary
Proper noun
Barley (countable and uncountable, plural Barleys)
A village in Hertfordshire, England.
A village in Lancashire, England.
A surname.
Statistics
• According to the 2010 United States Census, Barley is the 7054th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 4744 individuals. Barley is most common among White (74.49%) and Black/African American (18.93%) individuals.
Anagrams
• Braley, barely, bearly, bleary
Source: Wiktionary
Bar"ley, n. Etym: [OE. barli, barlich, AS. bærlic; bere barley + lic (which is prob. the same as E. like, adj., or perh. a form of AS. leac leek). AS. bere is akin to Icel, barr barley, Goth. barizeins made of barley, L. far spelt; cf. W. barlys barley, bara bread. Farina, 6th Bear.] (Bot.)
Definition: A valuable grain, of the family of grasses, genus Hordeum, used for food, and for making malt, from which are prepared beer, ale, and whisky. Barley bird (Zoöl.), the siskin.
– Barley sugar, sugar boiled till it is brittle (formerly with a decoction of barley) and candied.
– Barley water, a decoction of barley, used in medicine, as a nutritive and demulcent.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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