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.
LIMBEC
Verb
limbec (third-person singular simple present limbecs, present participle limbecking, simple past and past participle limbecked)
(obsolete, transitive) To distill.
Noun
limbec (plural limbecs)
An alembic; a still.
Anagrams
• emblic
Source: Wiktionary
Lim"bec, n. Etym: [Abbrev. of alembic.]
Definition: An alembic; a still. [Obs.] Spenser. Shak.
Lim"bec, v. t.
Definition: To distill. [Obs.] Dryden.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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