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.
DINGHY
dinghy, dory, rowboat
(noun) a small boat of shallow draft with cross thwarts for seats and rowlocks for oars with which it is propelled
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
dinghy (plural dinghies)
(nautical) A small open boat, propelled by oars or paddles, carried as a tender, lifeboat, or pleasure craft on a ship.
(nautical) An inflatable rubber life raft.
Synonyms
• tender
Verb
dinghy (third-person singular simple present dinghies, present participle dinghying, simple past and past participle dinghied)
(intransitive) To travel by dinghy.
Anagrams
• hyding
Source: Wiktionary
Din"gey, Din"gy, Din"ghy, n. Etym: [Bengalee dingi.]
1. A kind of boat used in the East Indies. [Written also dinghey.] Malcom.
2. A ship's smallest boat.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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