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.
GITTERNING
Verb
gitterning
present participle of gittern
Source: Wiktionary
GITTERN
Git"tern, n. Etym: [OE. giterne, OF. guiterne, ultimately from same source as E. guitar. See Guitar, and cf. Cittern.]
Definition: An instrument like a guitar. "Harps, lutes, and giternes." Chaucer.
Git"tern, v. i.
Definition: To play on gittern. Milton.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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