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.
MOISTENER
dampener, moistener
(noun) a device that dampens or moistens something; “he used a dampener to moisten the shirts before he ironed them”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
moistener (plural moisteners)
Something used to moisten, especially a cosmetic.
Anagrams
• neoterism, one-timers, remoisten, timoneers
Source: Wiktionary
Mois"ten*er, n.
Definition: One who, or that which, moistens. Johnson.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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