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.
COBWEB
cobweb
(noun) a dense elaborate spider web that is more efficient than the orb web
cobweb, gossamer
(noun) filaments from a web that was spun by a spider
cobweb
(noun) a fabric so delicate and transparent as to resemble a web of a spider
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
cobweb (plural cobwebs)
A spiderweb, or the remains of one, especially an asymmetrical one that is woven with an irregular pattern of threads.
One of its filaments; gossamer
(figurative) Something thin and unsubstantial, or flimsy and worthless; valueless remainder.
An intricate plot to catch the unwary
(internet slang, rare) A web page that either has not been updated for a long time, or that is rarely visited
The European spotted flycatcher, Muscicapa striata.
(informal, usually, in the plural) fuzzy inexact memories
Hypernyms
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Source: Wiktionary
Cob"web`, n. Etym: [Cob a spider + web.]
1. The network spread by a spider to catch its prey.
2. A snare of insidious meshes designed to catch the ignorant and unwary. I can not but lament thy splendid wit Entangled in the cobwebs of the schools. Cowper.
3. That which is thin and unsubstantial, or flimsy and worthless; rubbish. The dust and cobwebs of that uncivil age. Sir P. Sidney.
4. (Zoöl.)
Definition: The European spotted flycatcher. Cobweb lawn, a fine linen, mentioned in 1640 as being in pieces of fifteen yards. Beck. Draper's Dict. Such a proud piece of cobweb lawn. Beau. & Fl. Cobweb micrometer, a micrometer in which threads of cobwed are substituted for wires.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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