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.
COAK
Coak, n.
Definition: See Coke, n.
Coak, n.
1. (Carp.)
Definition: A kind of tenon connecting the face of a scarfed timber with the face of another timber, or a dowel or pin of hard wood or iron uniting timbers. [Also spelt coag.]
2. A metallic bushing or strengthening piece in the center of a wooden block sheve.
Coak, v. t. (Carp.)
Definition: To unite, as timbers, by means of tenons or dowels in the edges or face. Totten.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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