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.
DEWS
Noun
dews
(archaic or poetic) plural of dew
Usage notes
Although a countable sense of dew is still used, the plural form is no longer in common usage.
Verb
dews
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of dew
Anagrams
• Swed., Weds, weds
Proper noun
Dews
plural of Dew
Anagrams
• Swed., Weds, weds
Source: Wiktionary
DEW
Dew, n. Etym: [AS. deáw; akin to D. dauw, G. thau, tau, Icel. dögg, Sw. dagg, Dan. dug; cf. Skr. dhav, dhav, to flow. Dag dew.]
1. Moisture from the atmosphere condensed by cool bodies upon their surfaces, particularly at night. Her tears fell with the dews at even. Tennyson.
2. Figuratively, anything which falls lightly and in a refreshing manner. "The golden dew of sleep." Shak.
3. An emblem of morning, or fresh vigor. "The dew of his youth." Longfellow.
Note: Dew is used in combination; as, dew-bespangled, dew-drenched, dewdrop, etc.
Dew, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dewed; p. pr. & vb. n. Dewing.]
Definition: To wet with dew or as with dew; to bedew; to moisten; as with dew. The grasses grew A little ranker since they dewed them so. A. B. Saxton.
Dew, a. & n.
Definition: Same as Due, or Duty. [Obs.] Spenser.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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