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.
FLEAM
Etymology 1
Noun
fleam (plural fleams)
A sharp instrument used to open a vein, to lance gums, or the like.
Hypernyms
• (sharp instrument): lancet
Etymology 2
Noun
fleam (plural fleams)
(UK, dialectal, Northern England) The watercourse or runoff from a mill; millstream
(UK, dialectal, Northern England) A large trench or gully cut into a meadow in order to drain it
Anagrams
• femal, flame
Source: Wiktionary
Fleam, n. Etym: [F. flamme, OF. flieme, fr. LL. flevotomum, phlebotomum; cf. D. vlijm. See Phlebotomy.] (Surg. & Far.)
Definition: A sharp instrument used for opening veins, lancing gums, etc.; a kind of lancet. Fleam tooth, a tooth of a saw shaped like an isosceles triangle; a peg tooth. Knight.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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