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.
marts
plural of mart
• MSTAR, S.M.A.R.T., SMART, Smart, smart, stram, tarms, trams
Source: Wiktionary
Mart, n. Etym: [Contr. fr. market.]
1. A market. Where has commerce such a mart . . . as London Cowper.
2. A bargain. [Obs.] Shak.
Mart, v. t.
Definition: To buy or sell in, or as in, a mart. [Obs.] To sell and mart your officer for gold To undeservers. Shak.
Mart, v. t.
Definition: To traffic. [Obs.] Shak.
Mart, n. Etym: [See Mars.]
1. The god Mars. [Obs.]
2. Battle; contest. [Obs.] Fairfax.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
24 December 2024
(adverb) in an intuitive manner; “inventors seem to have chosen intuitively a combination of explosive and aggressive sounds as warning signals to be used on automobiles”
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.