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.
GRIPS
Noun
grips
plural of grip
Verb
grips
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of grip
Anagrams
• PIRGs, prigs, sprig
Source: Wiktionary
GRIP
Grip, n. Etym: [L. gryps, gryphus. See Griffin, Grype.] (Zoöl.)
Definition: The griffin. [Obs.]
Grip, n. Etym: [Cf. AS. grip furrow, hitch, D. greb.]
Definition: A small ditch or furrow. Ray.
Grip, v. t.
Definition: To trench; to drain.
Grip, n. Etym: [AS. gripe. Cf. Grip, v. t., Gripe, v. t.]
1. An energetic or tenacious grasp; a holding fast; strength in grasping.
2. A peculiar mode of clasping the hand, by which members of a secret association recognize or greet, one another; as, a masonic grip.
3. That by which anything is grasped; a handle or gripe; as, the grip of a sword.
4. A device for grasping or holding fast to something.
Grip, v. t. Etym: [From Grip a grasp; or P. gripper to seize; -- of German origin. See Gripe, v. t.]
Definition: To give a grip to; to grasp; to gripe.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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