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.
MULTURE
Etymology
Noun
multure (countable and uncountable, plural multures)
A grinding of grain, or the grain that is ground.
(Scotland, historical) A toll paid to a miller, mill-owner etc, generally in kind, for grinding corn or pulverizing ore.
Source: Wiktionary
Mul"ture, n. Etym: [OF. multure, moulture, F. mouture, fr. L. molitura a grinding, molere to grind. See Mill the machine.]
1. (Scots Law)
Definition: The toll for grinding grain. Erskine.
2. A grist or grinding; the grain ground.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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