Some 16th-century Italian clergymen tried to ban coffee because they believed it to be āsatanic.ā However, Pope Clement VII loved coffee so much that he lifted the ban and had coffee baptized in 1600.
FARTHINGS
Noun
farthings
plural of farthing
Proper noun
Farthings
plural of Farthing
Source: Wiktionary
FARTHING
Far"thing, n. Etym: [OE. furthing, AS. feĆ³r, fr. feĆ³r fourth, feĆ³r, feĆ³wer, four. See Four.]
1. The fourth of a penny; a small copper coin of Great Britain, being a cent in United States currency.
2. A very small quantity or value. [Obs.] In her cup was no farthing seen of grease. Chaucer.
3. A division of hand. [Obs.] Thirty acres make a farthing land; nine farthings a Cornish acre; and four Cornish acres a knight's fee. R. Carew.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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