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.
GULLS
Etymology
As a seaside town, Torquay has many seagulls.
Proper noun
Gulls
(soccer, informal) Torquay United F. C, a football club from Torquay, England.
Noun
gulls
plural of gull
Verb
gulls
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of gull
Source: Wiktionary
GULL
Gull, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Gulled; p. pr. & vb. n. Gulling.] Etym: [Prob. fr. gull the bird; but cf. OSw. gylla to deceive, D. kullen, and E. cullibility.]
Definition: To deceive; to cheat; to mislead; to trick; to defraud. The rulgar, gulled into rebellion, armed. Dryden. I'm not gulling him for the emperor's service. Coleridge.
Gull, n.
1. A cheating or cheat; trick; fraud. Shak.
2. One easily cheated; a dupe. Shak.
Gull, n. Etym: [Of Celtic origin; cf. Corn. gullan, W. gwylan.] (Zoöl.)
Definition: One of many species of long-winged sea birds of the genus Larus and allied genera.
Note: Among the best known American species are the herring gull (Larus argentatus), the great black-backed gull (L. murinus) the laughing gull (L. atricilla), and Bonaparte's gull (L. Philadelphia). The common European gull is Larus canus. Gull teaser (Zoöl.), the jager; -- also applied to certain species of terns.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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