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.
BLACKCAP
blackcap, Silvia atricapilla
(noun) small brownish-grey warbler with a black crown
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
blackcap (plural blackcaps)
A small Old World warbler, Eurasian blackcap (Sylvia atricapilla), which is mainly grey with a black crown. [from 17th c.]
(obsolete, UK, US, regional) Any of various species of titmouse (of the family Paridae), including the black-capped chickadee (Poecile atricapillus, syn. Parus atricapillus). [17th–19th c.]
(cookery) An apple roasted until black, to be served in a dish of boiled custard. [from 18th c.]
(North America) Whitebark raspberry (Rubus leucodermis). [from 19th c.]
Anagrams
• clap back, clapback
Source: Wiktionary
Black"cap`, n.
1. (Zoöl.) (a) A small European song bird (Sylvia atricapilla), with a black crown; the mock nightingale. (b) An American titmouse (Parus atricapillus); the chickadee.
2. (Cookery)
Definition: An apple roasted till black, to be served in a dish of boiled custard.
3. The black raspberry.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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