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.
FROSTBITE
frostbite, cryopathy
(noun) destruction of tissue by freezing and characterized by tingling, blistering and possibly gangrene
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
frostbite (countable and uncountable, plural frostbites)
An injury suffered as a result of freezing of some part of the body, typically fingers, toes or the nose.
Coordinate terms
• chilblain
• frostnip
Verb
frostbite (third-person singular simple present frostbites, present participle frostbiting, simple past frostbit, past participle frostbitten)
(transitive) To expose to the effect of frost, or a frosty air; to blight or nip with frost.
(intransitive) To engage in winter sailboating.
Source: Wiktionary
Frost"bite, n.
Definition: The freezing, or effect of a freezing, of some part of the body, as the ears or nose. Kane.
Frost`bite", v. t.
Definition: To expose to the effect of frost, or a frosty air; to blight or nip with frost. My wife up and with Mrs. Pen to walk in the fields to frostbite themselves. Pepys.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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