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.
MUSSING
Verb
mussing
present participle of muss
Anagrams
• musings, signums
Source: Wiktionary
MUSS
Muss, n. Etym: [Cf. OF. mousche a fly, also, the play called muss, fr. L. musca a fly.]
Definition: A scramble, as when small objects are thrown down, to be taken by those who can seize them; a confused struggle. Shak.
Muss, n.
Definition: A state of confusion or disorder; -- prob. variant of mess, but influenced by muss, a scramble. [Colloq. U.S.]
Muss, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Mussed; p. pr. & vb. n. Mussing.]
Definition: To disarrange, as clothing; to rumple. [Colloq. U.S.]
Muss, n. Etym: [Cf. OE. mus a mouse. See Mouse.]
Definition: A term of endearment. [Obs.] See Mouse. B. Jonson.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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