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.
BASHAWS
Noun
bashaws
plural of bashaw
Proper noun
Bashaws
plural of Bashaw
Source: Wiktionary
BASHAW
Ba*shaw", n. Etym: [See Pasha.]
1. A Turkish title of honor, now written pasha. See Pasha.
2. Fig.: A magnate or grandee.
3. (Zoöl.)
Definition: A very large siluroid fish (Leptops olivaris) of the Mississippi valley; -- also called goujon, mud cat, and yellow cat.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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