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.
MASONED
Adjective
masoned (not comparable)
(heraldry, of a, building) Having the mortar and bricks of different tinctures.
Verb
masoned
simple past tense and past participle of mason
Anagrams
• Mendosa, daemons, dæmons, nomades
Source: Wiktionary
MASON
Ma"son, n. Etym: [F. ma, LL. macio, machio, mattio, mactio, marcio, macerio; of uncertain origin.]
1. One whose occupation is to build with stone or brick; also, one who prepares stone for building purposes.
2. A member of the fraternity of Freemasons. See Freemason. Mason bee (Zoöl.), any one of numerous species of solitary bees of the genus Osmia. They construct curious nests of hardened mud and sand.
– Mason moth (Zoöl.), any moth whose larva constructs an earthen cocoon under the soil.
– Mason shell (Zoöl.), a marine univalve shell of the genus Phorus;
– so called because it cements other shells and pebbles upon its own shell; a carrier shell.
– Mason wasp (Zoöl.), any wasp that constructs its nest, or brood cells, of hardened mud. The female fills the cells with insects or spiders, paralyzed by a sting, and thus provides food for its larvæ
Ma"son, v. t.
Definition: To build stonework or brickwork about, under, in, over, etc.; to construct by masons; -- with a prepositional suffix; as, to mason up a well or terrace; to mason in a kettle or boiler.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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