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.
LATHERS
Verb
lathers
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of lather
Anagrams
• Hartels, Hartles, Stahler, halster, halters, harslet, slather, thalers
Source: Wiktionary
LATHER
Lath"er, n. Etym: [AS. leáedhor niter, in leáedhorwyrt soapwort; cf. Icel. lau; perh. akin to E. lye.]
1. Foam or froth made by soap moistened with water.
2. Foam from profuse sweating, as of a horse.
Lath"er, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Lathered; p. pr. & vb. n. Lathering.] Etym: [AS. leedhrian to lather, anoint. See Lather, n. ]
Definition: To spread over with lather; as, to lather the face.
Lath"er, v. i.
Definition: To form lather, or a froth like lather; to accumulate foam from profuse sweating, as a horse.
Lath"er, v. t. Etym: [Cf. Leather.]
Definition: To beat severely with a thong, strap, or the like; to flog. [Low]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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