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.
DELF
delf
(noun) an excavation; usually a quarry or mine
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
delf (plural delves)
A mine, quarry, pit dug; ditch.
(heraldry) A charge representing a square sod.
Alternative form of delft (“style of earthenware”)
Anagrams
• feld, fled
Noun
DELF
(education) Diplôme d'étude de langue française, a French-language qualification.
Anagrams
• feld, fled
Source: Wiktionary
Delf, n. Etym: [AS. delf a delving, digging. See Delve.]
Definition: A mine; a quarry; a pit dug; a ditch. [Written also delft, and delve.] [Obs.] The delfts would be so flown with waters, that no gins or machines could . . . keep them dry. Ray.
Delf, n.
Definition: Same as Delftware.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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