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.
DRIBBING
Verb
dribbing
present participle of drib
Source: Wiktionary
DRIB
Drib, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dribbed; p. pr. & vb. n. Dribbing.] Etym: [Cf. Drip.]
Definition: To do by little and little; as: (a) To cut off by a little at a time; to crop. (b) To appropriate unlawfully; to filch; to defalcate. He who drives their bargain dribs a part. Dryden.
(c) To lead along step by step; to entice. With daily lies she dribs thee into cost. Dryden.
Drib, v. t. & i. (Archery)
Definition: To shoot (a shaft) so as to pierce on the descent. [Obs.] Sir P. Sidney.
Drib, n.
Definition: A drop. [Obs.] Swift.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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