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.
CRANKLES
Noun
crankles
plural of crankle
Anagrams
• Lackners, clankers
Source: Wiktionary
CRANKLE
Cran"kle (krn"k'l), v. t. Etym: [Cf. Crinkle.]
Definition: To break into bends, turns, or angles; to crinkle. Old Veg's stream . . . drew her humid train aslope, Crankling her banks. J. Philips.
Cran"kle, v. i.
Definition: To bend, turn, or wind. Along the crankling path. Drayton.
Cran"kle, n.
Definition: A bend or turn; a twist; a crinkle.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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