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.
DANISHES
Noun
danishes
plural of danish
Anagrams
• adhesins, aeshnids, handsies, shadines, shandies
Source: Wiktionary
DANISH
Dan"ish, a. Etym: [See Dane.]
Definition: Belonging to the Danes, or to their language or country.
– n.
Definition: The language of the Danes. Danish dog (Zoöl.), one of a large and powerful breed of dogs reared in Denmark; -- called also great Dane. See Illustration in Appendix.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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TRANSPOSITION
(noun) (music) playing in a different key from the key intended; moving the pitch of a piece of music upwards or downwards
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