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.
BOLUS
bolus
(noun) a large pill; used especially in veterinary medicine
bolus
(noun) a small round soft mass (as of chewed food)
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
bolus (plural boli or boluses)
A round mass of something, especially of chewed food in the mouth or alimentary canal.
A single, large dose of a drug, especially one in that form.
Usage notes
• Boli is the somewhat more common plural form of bolus in scholarly use.
Verb
bolus (third-person singular simple present boluses, present participle bolusing, simple past and past participle bolused)
(intransitive) To take a dose of insulin at a mealtime in order to control one's blood glucose level in diabetes.
Anagrams
• Loubs, bouls, lobus
Source: Wiktionary
Bo"lus, n.; pl. Boluses. Etym: [L. bolus bit, morsel; cf. G. lump of earth. See Bole, n., clay.]
Definition: A rounded mass of anything, esp. a large pill.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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