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.
DAKERING
DAKER
Da"ker, Da"kir, n. Etym: [See Dicker.] (O. Eng. & Scots Law)
Definition: A measure of certain commodities by number, usually ten or twelve, but sometimes twenty; as, a daker of hides consisted of ten skins; a daker of gloves of ten pairs. Burrill.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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