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.
KNAR
Etymology
Noun
knar (plural knars)
A knot or burl in a tree; a knurl, a gnarl.
Synonyms
• burl, gnarl, knot, knurl
Anagrams
• ARNK, Karn, karn, kran, nark, rank
Source: Wiktionary
Knar, n.
Definition: See Gnar. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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