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.
CUBES
Noun
cubes
plural of cube
(euphemistic) testicles.
Verb
cubes
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of cube
Anagrams
• Cebus
Source: Wiktionary
CUBE
Cube (kb), n. Etym: [F. cube, L. cubus, fr. Gr.
1. (Geom.)
Definition: A regular solid body, with six equal square sides.
2. (Math.)
Definition: The product obtained by taking a number or quantity three times as a factor; as, 4x4=16, and 16x4=64, the cube of 4. Cube ore (Min.), pharmacosiderite. It commonly crystallizes in cubes of a green color.
– Cube root. (Math.), the number or quantity which, multiplied into itself, and then into the product, produces the given cube; thus, 3 is the cube root of 27, for 3x3x3 = 27.
– Cube spar (Min.), anhydrite; anhydrous calcium sulphate.
Cube, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Cubed (kbd); p. pr. & vb. n. Cubing.]
Definition: To raise to the third power; to obtain the cube of.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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