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.
GROUTING
Etymology
Verb
grouting
present participle of grout
Noun
grouting (plural groutings)
An application of grout.
Source: Wiktionary
Grout"ing, n.
Definition: The process of filling in or finishing with grout; also, the grout thus filled in. Gwilt.
GROUT
Grout, n. Etym: [AS. grut; akin to grytt, G. grĂĽtze, griess, Icel. grautr, Lith. grudas corn, kernel, and Z. groats.]
1. Coarse meal; ground malt; pl. groats.
2. Formerly, a kind of beer or ale. [Eng.]
3. pl.
Definition: Lees; dregs; grounds. [Eng.] "Grouts of tea." Dickens.
4. A thin, coarse mortar, used for pouring into the joints of masonry and brickwork; also, a finer material, used in finishing the best ceilings. Gwilt.
Grout, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Grouted; p. pr. & vb. n. Grouting.]
Definition: To fill up or finish with grout, as the joints between stones.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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ERASE
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