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.
FOTHERING
Verb
fothering
present participle of fother
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Source: Wiktionary
FOTHER
Foth"er, n. Etym: [OE. fother, foder, AS. fo a cartload; akin to G. fuder a cartload, a unit of measure, OHG. fuodar, D. voeder, and perh. to E. fathom, or cf. Skr. patra vessel, dish. Cf. Fodder a fother.]
1. A wagonload; a load of any sort. [Obs.] Of dung full many a fother. Chaucer.
2. See Fodder, a unit of weight.
Foth"er, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Fothered; p. pr. & vb. n. Fothering.] Etym: [Cf. Fodder food, and G. fĂĽttern, futtern, to cover within or without, to line. *75.]
Definition: To stop (a leak in a ship at sea) by drawing under its bottom a thrummed sail, so that the pressure of the water may force it into the crack. Totten.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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