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.
GONGING
Verb
gonging
present participle of gong
Noun
gonging (plural gongings)
The sounding of a gong.
Anagrams
• nogging
Source: Wiktionary
GONG
Gong, n. Etym: [AS. gong, gang, a going, passage, drain. See Gang.]
Definition: A privy or jakes. [Obs.] Chaucer. Gong farmer, Gong man, a cleaner of privies. [Obs.]
Gong, n.
1. Etym: [Malayan (Jav.) gong.]
Definition: An instrument, first used in the East, made of an alloy of copper and tin, shaped like a disk with upturned rim, and producing, when struck, a harsh and resounding noise. O'er distant deserts sounds the Tartar gong. Longfellow.
2. (Mach.)
Definition: A flat saucerlike bell, rung by striking it with a small hammer which is connected with it by various mechanical devices; a stationary bell, used to sound calls or alarms; -- called also gong bell. Gong metal, an alloy (78 parts of copper, 22 of tin), from which Oriental gongs are made.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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