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.
MARROWS
Noun
marrows
plural of marrow
Proper noun
Marrows
plural of Marrow
Source: Wiktionary
MARROW
Mar"row, n. Etym: [OE. marou, mary, maruh, AS. mearg, mearh; akin to OS. marg, D. merg, G. Mark, OHG. marg, marag, Icel. mergr, Sw. merg, Dan. marv, Skr. majjan; cf. Skr. majj to sink, L. mergere. sq. root274 Cf. Merge.]
1. (Anat.)
Definition: The tissue which fills the cavities of most bones; the medulla. In the larger cavities it is commonly very fatty, but in the smaller cavities it is much less fatty, and red or reddish in color.
2. The essence; the best part. It takes from our achievements . . . The pith and marrow of our attribute. Shak.
3. Etym: [OE. maru, maro; -- perh. a different word; cf. Gael. maraon together.]
Definition: One of a pair; a match; a companion; an intimate associate. [Scot.] Chopping and changing I can not commend, With thief or his marrow, for fear of ill end. Tusser. Marrow squash (Bot.), a name given to several varieties of squash, esp. to the Boston marrow, an ovoid fruit, pointed at both ends, and with reddish yellow flesh, and to the vegetable marrow, a variety of an ovoid form, and having a soft texture and fine grain resembling marrow.
– Spinal marrow. (Anat.) See Spinal cord, under Spinal.
Mar"row, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Marrowed; p. pr. & vb. n. Marrowing.]
Definition: To fill with, or as with, marrow of fat; to glut.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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