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.
CLIMBING
climb, climbing, mounting
(noun) an event that involves rising to a higher point (as in altitude or temperature or intensity etc.)
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
climbing (usually uncountable, plural climbings)
(uncountable) The sport of climbing, ascending a wall or a rock or another object using available holds, generally with the safety of a rope and belayer.
(countable) Climb; ascent.
Verb
climbing
present participle of climb
Adjective
climbing (not comparable)
(botany, of a plant) That climbs; that grows upwards by gripping onto a surface.
Source: Wiktionary
Climb"ing,
Definition: p. pr. & vb. n. of Climb. Climbing fern. See under Fern.
– Climbing perch. (Zoöl.) See Anabas, and Labyrinthici.
CLIMB
Climb, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Climbed, Obs. or Vulgar Clomb (; p. pr. & vb. n. Climbing.] Etym: [AS. climban; akin to OHG. chlimban, G. & D. klimmen, Icel. klifa, and E. cleave to adhere.]
1. To ascend or mount laboriously, esp. by use of the hands and feet.
2. To ascend as if with effort; to rise to a higher point. Black vapors climb aloft, and cloud the day. Dryden.
3. (Bot.)
Definition: To ascend or creep upward by twining about a support, or by attaching itself by tendrills, rootlets, etc., to a support or upright surface.
Climb, v. t.
Definition: To ascend, as by means of the hands and feet, or laboriously or slowly; to mount.
Climb, n.
Definition: The act of one who climbs; ascent by climbing. Warburton.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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