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.
CODFISH
cod, codfish
(noun) major food fish of Arctic and cold-temperate waters
cod, codfish
(noun) lean white flesh of important North Atlantic food fish; usually baked or poached
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
codfish (countable and uncountable, plural codfish or codfishes)
(countable) A cod (the fish).
(uncountable) The flesh of the cod as food.
Source: Wiktionary
Cod"fish, n. (Zoöl.)
Definition: A kind of fish. Same as Cod.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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(noun) (music) playing in a different key from the key intended; moving the pitch of a piece of music upwards or downwards
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