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.
DWALE
Etymology 1
Noun
dwale (countable and uncountable, plural dwales)
(obsolete) a sleeping-potion, especially one made from belladonna
belladonna itself, deadly nightshade; or some other soporific plant
error, delusion
(heraldry) a sable or black color.
(obsolete) A heretic.
Etymology 2
Verb
dwale (third-person singular simple present dwales, present participle dwaling, simple past and past participle dwaled)
To mutter deliriously
Anagrams
• Weald, lawed, waled, weald
Source: Wiktionary
Dwale, n. Etym: [OE. dwale, dwole, deception, deadly nightshade, AS. dwala, dwola, error, doubt; akin to E. dull. See Dull, a.]
1. (Bot.)
Definition: The deadly nightshade (Atropa Belladonna), having stupefying qualities.
2. (Her.)
Definition: The tincture sable or black when blazoned according to the fantastic system in which plants are substituted for the tinctures.
3. A sleeping potion; an opiate. Chaucer.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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