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.
HEELPATH
Heel"path`, n. [So called with a play upon the words tow and toe.]
Definition: The bank of a canal opposite, and corresponding to, that of the towpath; berm. [U. S.]
The Cowles found convenient spiles sunk in the heelpath. The Century.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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