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.
FUTHORCS
Noun
futhorcs
plural of futhorc
Source: Wiktionary
FUTHORC
Fu"thorc Fu"thork, n. [Written also futharc, futhark.]
Definition: The Runic alphabet; -- so called from the six letters f, u, þ (th), o (or a), r, c (=k).
The letters are called Runes and the alphabet bears the name Futhorc from the first six letters. I. Taylor.
The spelling futharc represents most accurately the original values of these six Runic letters.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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