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.
FOALING
Verb
foaling
present participle of foal
Noun
foaling (plural foalings)
act of giving birth to a foal
Anagrams
• loafing
Source: Wiktionary
FOAL
Foal, n. Etym: [OE. fole, AS. fola; akin to OHG. folo, G. fohlen, Goth. fula, Icel. foli, Sw Lfle, Gr., L. pullus a young animal. Cf. Filly, Poultry, Pullet.] (Zoö.)
Definition: The young of any animal of the Horse family (Equidæ); a colt; a filly. Foal teeth (Zoöl.), the first set of teeth of a horse.
– In foal, With foal, being with young; pregnant; -- said of a mare or she ass.
Foal, v.t. [imp.& p.p. Foaled; p. pr. & vb. n. Foaling.]
Definition: To bring forth (a colt); -- said of a mare or a she ass.
Foal, v.i.
Definition: To bring forth young, as an animal of the horse kind.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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