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.
GARAGES
Noun
garages
plural of garage
Verb
garages
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of garage
Source: Wiktionary
GARAGE
Ga`rage", n. [F.]
1. A place for housing automobiles.
2. (Aëronautics) A shed for housing an airship or flying machine; a hangar.
3. A side way or space in a canal to enable vessels to pass each other; a siding.
Garage is recent in English, and has as yet acquired no settled pronunciation.
Ga`rage", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Garaged; p. pr. & vb. n. Garaging.]
Definition: To keep in a garage. [Colloq.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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