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.
BEESTINGS
Etymology 1
Noun
beestings pl (plural only)
The first milk drawn from an animal (especially a cow) after it has given birth.
Synonyms
• beest, colostrum
Etymology 2
Noun
beestings
plural of beesting
Source: Wiktionary
Beest"ings, n.
Definition: Same as Biestings.
Biest"ings, Beest"ings, n. pl. Etym: [OE. bestynge, AS. b, fr. b, beost; akin to D. biest, OHG. biost, G. biest; of unknown origin.]
Definition: The first milk given by a cow after calving. B. Jonson. The thick and curdy milk . . . commonly called biestings. Newton. (1574).
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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