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.
CHESTING
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chesting
present participle of chest
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CHEST
Chest, n. Etym: [OE. chest, chist, AS. cest, cist, cyst, L. cista, fr. Gr. Cist, Cistern.]
1. A large box of wood, or other material, having, like a trunk, a lid, but no covering of skin, leather, or cloth. Heaps of money crowded in the chest. Dryden.
2. A coffin. [Obs.] He is now dead and mailed in his cheste. Chaucer.
3. The part of the body inclosed by the ribs and breastbone; the thorax.
4. (Com.)
Definition: A case in which certain goods, as tea, opium, etc., are transported; hence, the quantity which such a case contains.
5. (Mech.)
Definition: A tight receptacle or box, usually for holding gas, steam, liguids, etc.; as, the steam chest of an engine; the wind chest of an organ. Bomb chest, See under Bomb.
– Chest of drawers, a case or movable frame containing drawers.
Chest, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Chested.]
1. To deposit in a chest; to hoard.
2. To place in a coffin. [Obs.] He dieth and is chested. Gen. 1. 26 (heading).
Chest, n. Etym: [AS. ceást.]
Definition: Strife; contention; controversy. [Obs.] P. Plowman.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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