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.
GRATED
Adjective
grated (comparative more grated, superlative most grated)
Produced by grating.
Furnished with a grate or grating.
Verb
grated
simple past tense and past participle of grate
Anagrams
• red tag, tadger
Source: Wiktionary
Grat"ed, a. Etym: [From 2d Grate.]
Definition: Furnished with a grate or grating; as, grated windows.
GRATE
Grate, a. Etym: [L. gratus agreeable, grateful: cf. It. & Sp. grato. See Grace, and cf. Agree.]
Definition: Serving to gratify; agreeable. [Obs.] Sir T. Herbert.
Grate, n. Etym: [LL.. grata, fr. L. crates hurdle; or It. grata, of the same origin. Sae Crate, Hurdle.]
1. A structure or frame containing parallel or crosed bars, with interstices; a kind of latticework, such as is used ia the windows of prisons and cloisters. "A secret grate of iron bars." Shak.
2. A frame or bed, or kind of basket, of iron bars, for holding fuel while burning. Grate surface (Steam, Boiler) the area of the surface of the grate upon which the fuel lies in the furnace.
Grate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Grated; p. pr. &. vb. n. Grating.]
Definition: To furnish with grates; to protect with a grating or crossbars; as, to grate a window.
Grate, v. t. Etym: [OF grater to scrape, scratch, F. gratter, LL. gratare, cratare; of German origin; cf. OHG. chrazzon G. kratzen, D. krassen, Sw. Kratta, and perh. E. scratch.]
1. To rub roughly or harshly, as one body against another, causing a harsh sound; as, to grate the teeth; to produce (a harsh sound) by rubbing. On their hinges grate Harsh thunder. Milton.
2. To reduce to small particles by rubbing with anything rough or indented; as, to grate a nutmeg.
3. To fret; to irritate; to offend. News, my good lord Rome . . . grates me. Shak.
Grate, v. i.
1. To make a harsh sound by friction. I had rather hear a brazen canstick turned, Or a dry wheel grate on the exletree. Shak.
2. To produce the effect of rubbing with a hard rough material; to cause wearing, tearing, or bruising. Hence; To produce exasperation, soreness, or grief; to offend by oppression or importunity. This grated harder upon the hearts of men. South.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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