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.
ERNE
ern, erne, grey sea eagle, gray sea eagle, European sea eagle, white-tailed sea eagle, Haliatus albicilla
(noun) bulky greyish-brown eagle with a short wedge-shaped white tail; of Europe and Greenland
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology 1
Noun
erne (plural ernes)
A sea eagle (Haliaeetus), especially the white-tailed eagle (Haliaeetus albicilla)
(chiefly, poetic, dialectal, scientific) An eagle.
Synonyms
• (an eagle): sea eagle, white-tailed eagle
Etymology 2
Verb
erne
(obsolete) To long; to yearn.
Anagrams
• NEER, Neer, Rene, ne'er, neer, reen
Source: Wiktionary
Ern, Erne, n. Etym: [AS. earn eagle; akin to D. arend, OHG. aro, G. aar, Icel., Sw., & Dan. örn, Goth. ara, and to Gr. Ornithology.] (Zoöl.)
Definition: A sea eagle, esp. the European white-tailed sea eagle (Haliæetus albicilla).
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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