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.
LAUNDERS
Noun
launders
plural of launder
Verb
launders
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of launder
Anagrams
• lurdanes, rundales, userland
Source: Wiktionary
LAUNDER
Laun"der, n. Etym: [Contracted fr. OE. lavender, F. lavandière, LL. lavandena, from L. lavare to wash. See Lave.]
1. A washerwoman. [Obs.]
2. (Mining)
Definition: A trough used by miners to receive the powdered ore from the box where it is beaten, or for carrying water to the stamps, or other apparatus, for comminuting, or sorting, the ore.
Laun"der, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Laundered; p. pr. & vb. n. Laundering.]
1. To wash, as clothes; to wash, and to smooth with a flatiron or mangle; to wash and iron; as, to launder shirts.
2. To lave; to wet. [Obs.] Shak.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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