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.
DOGBOLT
Etymology 1
Noun
dogbolt (plural dogbolts)
(obsolete, derogatory) A fool; a contemptible person.
Etymology 2
Noun
dogbolt (plural dogbolts)
The bolt of the capsquare over the trunnion of a cannon.
Anagrams
• Godbolt
Source: Wiktionary
Dog"bolt`, n. (Gun.)
Definition: The bolt of the cap-square over the trunnion of a cannon. Knight.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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NAUSEATING
(adjective) causing or able to cause nausea; “a nauseating smell”; “nauseous offal”; “a sickening stench”
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