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.
MAINSHEET
sheet, tack, mainsheet, weather sheet, shroud
(noun) (nautical) a line (rope or chain) that regulates the angle at which a sail is set in relation to the wind
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
mainsheet (plural mainsheets)
(nautical) The rope connected to and controlling the mainsail.
Anagrams
• hemateins, hematines
Source: Wiktionary
Main"sheet`, n. (Naut.)
Definition: One of the ropes by which the mainsail is hauled aft and trimmed.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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COWBERRY
(noun) low evergreen shrub of high north temperate regions of Europe and Asia and America bearing red edible berries
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