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.
GRYPE
Verb
grype (third-person singular simple present grypes, present participle gryping, simple past and past participle gryped)
Obsolete spelling of gripe.
Source: Wiktionary
Grype, v. t.
Definition: To gripe. [Obs.] See Gripe. Spenser.
Grype, n. Etym: [Gr. gry`f, grypo`s, griffin. See Griffin.] (Zoöl.)
Definition: A vulture; the griffin. [Written also gripe.] [Obs.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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