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.
CHEMICKED
Verb
chemicked
simple past tense and past participle of chemic
Source: Wiktionary
CHEMIC
Chem"ic, n. Etym: [See Chenistry.]
1. A chemist; an alchemist. [Obs.]
2. (Bleaching)
Definition: A solution of chloride of line.
Chem"ic, a.
Definition: Chemical. Blackw. Mag.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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