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.
GRAZING
grazing, shaving, skimming
(noun) the act of brushing against while passing
graze, grazing
(noun) the act of grazing
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Verb
grazing
present participle of graze
Noun
grazing (countable and uncountable, plural grazings)
Grazeland.
(uncountable) The action of animals eating, mainly of grass in a field or on other grassland.
Source: Wiktionary
Graz"ing, n.
1. The act of one who, or that which, grazes.
2. A pasture; growing grass.
GRAZE
Graze, v. t. Etym: [imp. & p. p. Grazed (p. pr. & vb. n. Grazing.] Etym: [OE. grasen, AS. grasian, fr. grs grass. See Grass.]
1. To feed or supply (cattle, sheep, etc.) with grass; to furnish pasture for. A field or two to graze his cows. Swift.
2. To feed on; to eat (growing herbage); to eat grass from (a pasture); to browse. The lambs with wolves shall graze the verdant mead. Pope.
3. To tend (cattle, etc.) while grazing. When Jacob grazed his uncle Laban's sheep. Shak.
4. To rub or touch lightly the surface of (a thing) in passing; as, the bullet grazed the wall.
Graze, v. i.
1. To eat grass; to feed on growing herbage; as, cattle graze on the meadows.
2. To yield grass for grazing. The ground cortinueth the wet, whereby it will never graze to purpose. Bacon.
3. To touch something lightly in passing.
Graze, n.
1. The act of grazing; the cropping of grass. [Colloq.] Turning him out for a grace on the common. T. Hughes.
2. A light touch; a slight scratch.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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