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.
DICING
Verb
dicing
present participle of dice
Noun
dicing (plural dicings)
A game of dice.
A fragment of diced food.
bacon dicings
Source: Wiktionary
Di"cing, n.
1. An ornamenting in squares or cubes.
2. Gambling with dice. J. R. Green.
DICE
Dice, n.; pl. of Die.
Definition: Small cubes used in gaming or in determining by chance; also, the game played with dice. See Die, n. Dice coal, a kind of coal easily splitting into cubical fragments. Brande & C.
Dice, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Diced; p. pr. & vb. n. Dicing.]
1. To play games with dice. I . . . diced not above seven times a week. Shak.
2. To ornament with squares, diamonds, or cubes.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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