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.
CALIVER
Etymology
Noun
caliver (plural calivers)
(historical) A type of light musket.
Anagrams
• caviler, clavier, valeric, velaric
Source: Wiktionary
Cal"i*ver, n. Etym: [Corrupted fr. caliber.]
Definition: An early form of hand gun, variety of the arquebus; originally a gun having a regular size of bore. [Obs.] Shak.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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