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.
FRAISE
fraise
(noun) sloping or horizontal rampart of pointed stakes
fraise
(noun) a ruff for the neck worn in the 16th century
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology 1
Verb
fraise (third-person singular simple present fraises, present participle fraising, simple past and past participle fraised)
(transitive, archaic) To put in danger, in terror, or at risk.
Etymology 2
Noun
fraise (plural fraises)
A type of palisade placed for defence around a berm; a defence consisting of pointed stakes driven into the ramparts in a horizontal or inclined position.
(historical) A ruff worn (especially by women) in the 16th century.
(historical) An embroidered scarf with its ends crossed over the chest and pinned, worn (especially by women) in the 19th century.
A fluted reamer for enlarging holes in stone; a small milling cutter.
A tool for cutting the teeth of a timepiece's wheel to correct inaccuracies.
Verb
fraise (third-person singular simple present fraises, present participle fraising, simple past and past participle fraised)
(military) To protect, as a line of troops, against an onset of cavalry, by opposing bayonets raised obliquely forward.
Etymology 3
Noun
fraise (plural fraises)
A large thick pancake with slices of bacon in it.
Etymology 4
Noun
fraise (plural fraises)
(heraldry) A stylized strawberry with leaves.
Etymology 5
Noun
fraise
(UK, dialect, dated) Commotion.
Anagrams
• Faries, Ferias, faires, ferias, rafies, sea fir, sefira
Source: Wiktionary
Fraise, n. Etym: [See Froise.]
Definition: A large and thick pancake, with slices of bacon in it. [Obs.] Johnson.
Fraise, n. Etym: [F. fraise, orig., a ruff, cf. F. frise frieze, E. frieze a coarse stuff.]
1. (Fort.)
Definition: A defense consisting of pointed stakes driven into the ramparts in a horizontal or inclined position.
2. (Mech.)
Definition: A fluted reamer for enlarging holes in stone; a small milling cutter.
Fraise, v. t. (Mil.)
Definition: To protect, as a line of troops, against an onset of cavalry, by opposing bayonets raised obliquely forward. Wilhelm.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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