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.
GRINDERY
Etymology
Noun
grindery (countable and uncountable, plural grinderies)
(UK, dialect, uncountable) The materials used by leatherworkers.
A mill where something is ground.
Anagrams
• redrying
Source: Wiktionary
Grind"er*y, n.
Definition: Leather workers' materials. [Eng.] Grindery warehouse, a shop where leather workers' materials and tools are kept on sale. [Eng.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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(adjective) not tried or tested by experience; “unseasoned artillery volunteers”; “still untested in battle”; “an illustrator untried in mural painting”; “a young hand at plowing”
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