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.
GYRE
coil, whorl, roll, curl, curlicue, ringlet, gyre, scroll
(noun) a round shape formed by a series of concentric circles (as formed by leaves or flower petals)
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
gyre (plural gyres)
A swirling vortex.
A circular current, especially a large-scale ocean current.
A circular motion, or a circle described by a moving body; a turn or revolution; a circuit.
Verb
gyre (third-person singular simple present gyres, present participle gyring, simple past and past participle gyred)
(intransitive) to whirl
Anagrams
• -ergy, Grey, grey
Source: Wiktionary
Gyre, n. Etym: [L. gyrus, Gr.
Definition: A circular motion, or a circle described by a moving body; a turn or revolution; a circuit. Quick and more quick he spins in giddy gyres. Dryden. Still expanding and ascending gyres. Mrs. Browning.
Gyre, v. t. & i. Etym: [Cf. OF. gyrer, girer. See Gyrate.]
Definition: To turn round; to gyrate. [Obs.] Bp. Hall. Drayton.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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