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.
GROATS
groats
(noun) the hulled and crushed grain of various cereals
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Noun
groats
plural of groat
Anagrams
• Argots, argots, gastro, gastro-, gators, gotras, sortag
Proper noun
Groats
plural of Groat
Anagrams
• Argots, argots, gastro, gastro-, gators, gotras, sortag
Source: Wiktionary
Groats, n. pl. Etym: [OE. grot, AS. gratan; akin to Icel. grautr porridge, and to E. gritt, grout. See Grout.]
Definition: Dried grain, as oats or wheat, hulled and broken or crushed; in high milling, cracked fragments of wheat larger than grits. Embden groats, crushed oats.
GROAT
Groat, n. Etym: [LG. grote, orig., great, that is, a great piece of coin, larger than other coins in former use. See Great.]
1. An old English silver coin, equal to four pence.
2. Any small sum of money.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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