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.
GLOVED
gloved
(adjective) having the hands covered with gloves
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Adjective
gloved (not comparable)
Wearing gloves.
Verb
gloved
simple past tense and past participle of glove
Source: Wiktionary
GLOVE
Glove, n. Etym: [OE. glove, glofe, AS. gl; akin to Icel. gl, cf. Goth. l palm of the hand, Icel. l.]
1. A cover for the hand, or for the hand and wrist, with a separate sheath for each finder. The latter characteristic distinguishes the glove from the mitten.
2. A boxing glove. Boxing glove. See under Boxing.
– Glove fight, a pugilistic contest in wich the fighters wear boxing gloves.
– Glove money or silver. (a) A tip or gratuity to servants, professedly to buy gloves with. (b) (Eng. Law.) A reward given to officers of courts; also, a fee given by the sheriff of a country to the clerk of assize and judge's officers, when there are no offenders to be executed.
– Glove sponge (Zoöl.), a fine and soft variety of commercial sponges (Spongia officinalis).
– To be hand and glove with, to be intimately associated or on good terms with. "Hand and glove with traitors." J. H. Newman.
– To handle without gloves, to treat without reserve or tenderness; to deal roughly with. [Colloq.] -- To take up the glove, to accept a challenge or adopt a quarrel.
– To throw down the glove, to challenge to combat.
Glove, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Gloved; p. pr. & vb. n. Gloving.]
Definition: To cover with, or as with, a glove.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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