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.
FLYBOAT
Etymology
Noun
flyboat (plural flyboats)
A large Dutch coasting vessel.
A kind of passenger boat formerly used on canals.
Source: Wiktionary
Fly"boat`, n. Etym: [Fly + boat: cf. D. vlieboot.]
1. (Naut.)
Definition: A large Dutch coasting vessel. Captain George Weymouth made a voyage of discovery to the northwest with two flyboats. Purchas.
2. A kind of passenger boat formerly used on canals.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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