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.
HEFTS
Noun
hefts
plural of heft
Verb
hefts
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of heft
Source: Wiktionary
HEFT
Heft, n.
Definition: Same as Haft, n. [Obs.] Waller.
Heft, n. Etym: [From Heave: cf. hefe weight. Cf. Haft.]
1. The act or effort of heaving [Obs.] He craks his gorge, his sides, With violent hefts. Shak.
2. Weight; ponderousness. [Colloq.] A man of his age and heft. T. Hughes.
3. The greater part or bulk of anything; as, the heft of the crop was spoiled. [Colloq. U. S.] J. Pickering.
Heft, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hefted (Heft, obs.); p. pr. & vb. n. Hefting.]
1. To heave up; to raise aloft. Inflamed with wrath, his raging blade he heft. Spenser.
2. To prove or try the weight of by raising. [Colloq.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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