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.
FLUE
flue
(noun) a conduit to carry off smoke
fluke, flue
(noun) flat bladelike projection on the arm of an anchor
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology 1
Noun
flue (plural flues)
A pipe or duct that carries gaseous combustion products away from the point of combustion (such as a furnace).
An enclosed passageway in which to direct air or other gaseous current along.
(obsolete, countable and uncountable) A woolly or downy substance; down, nap; a piece of this.
In an organ flue pipe, the opening between the lower lip and the languet.
Etymology 2
Adjective
flue (comparative more flue, superlative most flue)
(UK, dialect) Alternative form of flew (“shallow, flat”)
Anagrams
• fuel, fule
Source: Wiktionary
Flue, n. Etym: [Cf. OF. flue a flowing, fr. fluer to flow, fr. L. fluere (cf. Fluent); a perh. a corruption of E. flute.]
Definition: An inclosed passage way for establishing and directing a current of air, gases, etc.; an air passage; esp.: (a) A compartment or division of a chimney for conveying flame and smoke to the outer air. (b) A passage way for conducting a current of fresh, foul, or heated air from one place to another. (c) (Steam Boiler) A pipe or passage for conveying flame and hot gases through surrounding water in a boiler; -- distinguished from a tube which holds water and is surrounded by fire. Small flues are called fire tubes or simply tubes. Flue boiler. See under Boiler.
– Flue bridge, the separating low wall between the flues and the laboratory of a reverberatory furnace.
– Flue plate (Steam Boiler), a plate to which the ends of the flues are fastened; -- called also flue sheet, tube sheet, and tube plate.
– Flue surface (Steam Boiler), the aggregate surface of flues exposed to flame or the hot gases.
Flue, n. Etym: [Cf. F. flou light, tender, G. flau weak, W. llwch dust. sq. root84.]
Definition: Light down, such as rises from cotton, fur, etc.; very fine lint or hair. Dickens.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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