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.
COKING
Verb
coking
present participle of coke
Noun
coking (uncountable)
The manufacture of coke via the destructive distillation of coal
Source: Wiktionary
COKE
Coke, n. Etym: [Perh. akin to cake, n.]
Definition: Mineral coal charred, or depriver of its bitumen, sulphur, or other volatile matter by roasting in a kiln or oven, or by distillation, as in gas works. It is lagerly used where [Written also coak.] Gas coke, the coke formed in gas retorts, as distinguished from that made in ovens.
Coke, v. t.
Definition: To convert into coke.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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