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.
BOUGES
Verb
bouges
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bouge
Anagrams
• bogues
Source: Wiktionary
BOUGE
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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