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.
MOPPING
swabbing, mopping
(noun) cleaning with a mop; “he gave it a good mopping”
MOP
pout, mop, mow
(verb) make a sad face and thrust out one’s lower lip; “mop and mow”; “The girl pouted”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Verb
mopping
present participle of mop
Noun
mopping (plural moppings)
The process of cleaning with a mop.
An application of molten asphalt to a roof etc.
Anagrams
• pomping
Source: Wiktionary
MOP
Mop, n. Etym: [See Mope.]
Definition: A made-up face; a grimace. "What mops and mowes it makes!" Beau. & Fl.
Mop, v. i.
Definition: To make a wry mouth. [Obs.] Shak.
Mop, n. Etym: [CF. W. mop, mopa, Ir. moipal, Gael. moibeal, moibean; or OF. mappe a napkin (see Map, Napkin).]
1. An implement for washing floors, or the like, made of a piece of cloth, or a collection of thrums, or coarse yarn, fastened to a handle.
2. A fair where servants are hired. [Prov. Eng.]
3. The young of any animal; also, a young girl; a moppet. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell. Mop head. (a) The end of a mop, to which the thrums or rags are fastened. (b) A clamp for holding the thrums or rags of a mop. [U.S.]
Mop, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Mopped; p. pr. & vb. n. Mopping.]
Definition: To rub or wipe with a mop, or as with a mop; as, to mop a floor; to mop one's face with a handkerchief.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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