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.
MASTLESS
Etymology 1
Adjective
mastless (not comparable)
Without a mast.
Etymology 2
Adjective
mastless (not comparable)
Bearing no mast (fruit of a tree).
Source: Wiktionary
Mast"less, a. Etym: [See lst Mast.]
Definition: Bearing no mast; as, a mastless oak or beech. Dryden.
Mast"less, a. Etym: [See 2d Mast.]
Definition: Having no mast; as, a mastless vessel.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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