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.
BRAZED
Verb
brazed
simple past tense and past participle of braze
Source: Wiktionary
BRAZE
Braze, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Brazed; p. pr & vb. n. Brazing.] Etym: [F. braser to solder, fr. Icel. brasa to harden by fire. Cf. Brass.]
1. To solder with hard solder, esp. with an alloy of copper and zinc; as, to braze the seams of a copper pipe.
2. To harden. "Now I am brazes to it." Shak.
Braze, v. t. Etym: [AS. bræsian, fr. bræs brass. See Brass.]
Definition: To cover or ornament with brass. Chapman.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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