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.
CAVENDISH
Cavendish, Henry Cavendish
(noun) British chemist and physicist who established that water is a compound of hydrogen and oxygen and who calculated the density of the earth (1731-1810)
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Proper noun
Cavendish
A surname.
Noun
Cavendish (countable and uncountable, plural Cavendishes)
(countable) A Cavendish banana.
(uncountable) Alternative form of cavendish (“type of tobacco”)
Etymology
Possibly from the name of the original manufacturer.
Noun
cavendish (uncountable)
Leaf tobacco softened, sweetened, and pressed into plugs or cakes.
Source: Wiktionary
Cav"en*dish, n.
Definition: Leaf tobacco softened, sweetened, and pressed into plugs or cakes. Cut cavendish, the plugs cut into long shreds for smoking.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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