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.
disbark (third-person singular simple present disbarks, present participle disbarking, simple past and past participle disbarked)
(transitive) To strip of bark.
(obsolete) To disembark.
• (strip of bark): bark, excorticate
• Drabiks
Source: Wiktionary
Dis*bark", v. t. Etym: [Pref. dis- + bark a small ship: cf. OF. desbarquer, F. débarquer. Cf. Debark, Disembark.]
Definition: To disembark. Pope.
Dis*bark", v. t. Etym: [Pref. dis- + bark rind.]
Definition: To strip of bark; to bark. [R.] Boyle.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
2 February 2025
(adverb) at or to or toward the back or rear; “he moved back”; “tripped when he stepped backward”; “she looked rearward out the window of the car”
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.