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.
BUND
Etymology 1
From bund.
Proper noun
The Bund
A waterfront area in central Shanghai.
Etymology 2
Proper noun
the Bund
A secular Jewish socialist party in the Russian Empire, active between 1897 and 1920.
Any related movements in other countries, such as the still-existing Australian Bund, etc..
Etymology 1
Noun
bund (plural bunds)
A league or confederacy; especially the confederation of German states.
Etymology 2
Noun
bund (plural bunds)
A secondary enclosure, typically consisting of a wall or berm, which surrounds a tank or fluid-handling mechanism, intended to contain any spills or leaks.
(India) A perennial ("wet") or seasonal ("dry") pond constructed in a depression and in which fish are stored, typically for breeding.
Verb
bund (third-person singular simple present bunds, present participle bunding, simple past and past participle bunded)
To provide berms or other secondary enclosures to guard against accidental fluid spills within.
Source: Wiktionary
Bund, n. Etym: [G.]
Definition: League; confederacy; esp. the confederation of German states.
Bund, n. Etym: [Hindi band.]
Definition: An embankment against inundation. [India] S. Wells Williams.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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