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.
DABS
Noun
dabs
plural of dab
Verb
dabs
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of dab
Anagrams
• ABSD, ADBs, ADS-B, DBAs, DBSA, SDBA, bads, dbas
Source: Wiktionary
DAB
Dab, n. Etym: [Perh. corrupted fr. adept.]
Definition: A skillful hand; a dabster; an expert. [Colloq.] One excels at a plan or the titlepage, another works away at the body of the book, and the therd is a dab at an index. Goldsmith.
Dab, n. Etym: [Perh. so named from its quickness in diving beneath the sand. Cf. Dabchick.] (Zoöl.)
Definition: A name given to several species of Pleuronectes . TheAmerican rough dab is Hippoglossoides platessoides.
Dab, v. i. [imp. & p.p. Dabbed; p.pr.& vb.n. Dabbing.] Etym: [OE. dabben to strice; akin to OD. dabben to pinch, knead, fumble, dabble, and perh. to G. tappen to grope.]
1. To strike or touch gently, as with a soft or moist substance; to tap; hence, to besmear with a dabber. A sore should . . . be wiped . . . only by dabbing it over with fine lint. S. Sharp.
2. To strike by a thrust; to hit with a sudden blow or thrust. "To dab him in the neck." Sir T. More.
Dab, n.
1. A gentle blow with the hand or some soft substance; a sudden blow or hit; a peck. Astratch of her clame, a dab of her beack. Hawthorne.
2. A small mass of anything soft or moist.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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