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.
DIVOT
divot
(noun) a piece of turf dug out of a lawn or fairway (by an animals hooves or a golf club)
divot
(noun) (golf) the cavity left when a piece of turf is cut from the ground by the club head in making a stroke; “it was a good drive but the ball ended up in a divot”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
divot (plural divots)
(especially, golf) A torn-up piece of turf, especially by a golf club in making a stroke or by a horse's hoof.
A disruption in an otherwise smooth contour.
Source: Wiktionary
Div"ot, n.
Definition: A thin, oblong turf used for covering cottages, and also for fuel. [Scot.] Simmonds.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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