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.
HACKBOLT
Noun
hackbolt (plural hackbolts)
(archaic, Scilly Isles) The greater shearwater or hagdon.
Anagrams
• hat block
Source: Wiktionary
Hack"bolt`, n, (Zoöl.)
Definition: The greater shearwater or hagdon. See Hagdon.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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