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.
BEDASHES
Verb
bedashes
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bedash
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BEDASH
Be*dash", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bedashed (p. pr. & vb. n. Bedashing.]
Definition: To wet by dashing or throwing water or other liquid upon; to bespatter. "Trees bedashed with rain." Shak.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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