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.
GALIPOT
Etymology
Noun
galipot (countable and uncountable, plural galipots)
An unrefined turpentine obtained from some European pines
Synonyms
• barras
Source: Wiktionary
Gal"i*pot, n. Etym: [F. galipot; cf. OF. garipot the wild pine or pitch tree.]
Definition: An impure resin of turpentine, hardened on the outside of pine trees by the spontaneous evaporation of its essential oil. When purified, it is called yellow pitch, white pitch, or Burgundy pitch.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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