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.
MOLARS
Noun
molars
plural of molar
Anagrams
• Larsmo, morals, romals, samlor
Source: Wiktionary
MOLAR
Mo"lar, a. Etym: [L. moles mass.] (Mech.)
Definition: Of or pertaining to a mass of matter; -- said of the properties or motions of masses, as distinguished from those of molecules or atoms. Carpenter.
Mo"lar, a. Etym: [L. molaris, fr. mola mill, fr. molere to grind in a mill. See Mill the machine.]
Definition: Having power to grind; grinding; as, the molar teeth; also, of or pertaining to the molar teeth. Bacon.
Mo"lar, n. (Anat.)
Definition: Any one of the teeth back of the incisors and canines. The molar which replace the deciduous or milk teeth are designated as premolars, and those which are not preceded by deciduous teeth are sometimes called true molars. See Tooth.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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