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.
BOUGE
Etymology 1
Noun
bouge (uncountable)
(now historical) The right to rations at court, granted to the king's household, attendants etc.
Etymology 2
Verb
bouge (third-person singular simple present bouges, present participle bouging, simple past and past participle bouged)
To swell out.
To bilge.
Anagrams
• Bogue, bogue
Source: Wiktionary
Bouge, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Bouged] Etym: [Variant of bulge. Cf. Bowge.]
1. To swell out. [Obs.]
2. To bilge. [Obs.] "Their ship bouged." Hakluyt.
Bouge, v. t.
Definition: To stave in; to bilge. [Obs.] Holland.
Bouge, n. Etym: [F. bouche mouth, victuals.]
Definition: Bouche (see Bouche, 2); food and drink; provisions. [Obs.] [They] made room for a bombardman that brought bouge for a country lady or two, that fainted . . . with fasting. B. Jonson .
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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