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.
LAVEER
Etymology
Verb
laveer (third-person singular simple present laveers, present participle laveering, simple past and past participle laveered)
(nautical, obsolete) To beat against the wind; to tack.
Anagrams
• Leaver, leaver, reveal, vealer
Source: Wiktionary
La*veer", v. i. Etym: [D. laveren.] (Naut.)
Definition: To beat against the wind; to tack. [Obs.] Dryden.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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