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.
EMPLASTER
Etymology
Noun
emplaster (plural emplasters)
(obsolete, medicine) A plaster.
Verb
emplaster (third-person singular simple present emplasters, present participle emplastering, simple past and past participle emplastered)
(obsolete, transitive) To plaster.
Anagrams
• palm trees, palm-trees
Source: Wiktionary
Em*plas"ter, n. Etym: [OF. emplastre, F. emplâtre, L. emplastrum a plaster or salve, fr. Gr.
Definition: See Plaster. [Obs.] Wiseman.
Em*plas"ter, v. t. Etym: [Cf. OF. emplastrer, F. emplâtrer. See Emplaster, n.]
Definition: To plaster over; to cover over so as to present a good appearance. [Obs.] "Fair as ye his name emplaster." Chaucer.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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