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.
CARACOLED
Verb
caracoled
simple past tense and past participle of caracole
Source: Wiktionary
CARACOLE
Car"a*cole, n. Etym: [F. caracole, caracol, fr. Sp. caracol snail, winding staircase, a wheeling about.]
1. (Man.)
Definition: A half turn which a horseman makes, either to the right or the left.
2. (Arch.)
Definition: A staircase in a spiral form. En caracole ( Etym: [F.], spiral;
– said of a staircase.
Car"a*cole, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Caracoled.] Etym: [Cf. F. caracoler.] (Man.)
Definition: To move in a caracole, or in caracoles; to wheel. Prince John caracoled within the lists. Sir W. Scott.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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