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.
FROWS
Noun
frows
plural of frow
Source: Wiktionary
FROW
Frow, n. Etym: [D. vrouw; akin to G. frau woman, wife, goth, fráuja master, lord, AS. freá.]
1. A woman; especially, a Dutch or German woman. Beau. & Fl.
2. A dirty woman; a slattern. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.
Frow, n. Etym: [Cf. Frower.]
Definition: A cleaving tool with handle at right angles to the blade, for splitting cask staves and shingles from the block; a frower.
Frow, a.
Definition: Brittle. [Obs.] Evelyn.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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