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.
CANOEINGS
Noun
canoeings
plural of canoeing
Source: Wiktionary
CANOEING
Ca*noe"ing n.
Definition: The act or art of using a canoe.
CANOE
Ca*noe", n.; pl. Canoes. Etym: [Sp. canoa, fr. Caribbean canáoa.]
1. A boat used by rude nations, formed of trunk of a tree, excavated, by cutting of burning, into a suitable shape. It is propelled by a paddle or paddles, or sometimes by sail, and has no rudder. Others devised the boat of one tree, called the canoe. Raleigh.
2. A boat made of bark or skins, used by savages. A birch canoe, with paddles, rising, falling, on the water. Longfellow.
3. A light pleasure boat, especially designed for use by one who goes alone upon long excursions, including portage. It it propelled by a paddle, or by a small sail attached to a temporary mast.
Ca*noe", v. i. [imp. & p. p. Canoed p. pr. & vb. n. Canoeing (.]
Definition: To manage a canoe, or voyage in a canoe.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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