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.
FACTORY
factory, mill, manufacturing plant, manufactory
(noun) a plant consisting of one or more buildings with facilities for manufacturing
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
factory (plural factories)
(obsolete) A trading establishment, especially set up by merchants working in a foreign country.
Synonyms: fondaco (Italian contexts), tradepost, trading post
(now rare) The position or state of being a factor.
A building or other place where manufacturing takes place.
Synonym: manufactory
A device which produces or manufactures something.
A factory farm.
(programming) In a computer program or library, a function, method, etc. which creates an object.
(UK, slang) A police station.
Adjective
factory (not comparable)
(colloquial, of a configuration, part, etc.) Having come from the factory in the state it is currently in; original, stock.
Source: Wiktionary
Fac"to*ry, n.; pl. Factories (-r. Etym: [Cf. F. factorerie.]
1. A house or place where factors, or commercial agents, reside, to transact business for their employers. "The Company's factory at Madras." Burke.
2. The body of factors in any place; as, a chaplain to a British factory. W. Guthrie.
3. A building, or collection of buildings, appropriated to the manufacture of goods; the place where workmen are employed in fabricating goods, wares, or utensils; a manufactory; as, a cotton factory. Factory leg (Med.), a variety of bandy leg, associated with partial dislocation of the tibia, produced in young children by working in factories.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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RACY
(adjective) marked by richness and fullness of flavor; “a rich ruby port”; “full-bodied wines”; “a robust claret”; “the robust flavor of fresh-brewed coffee”
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