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.
NEB
beak, bill, neb, nib, pecker
(noun) horny projecting mouth of a bird
snout, neb
(noun) a long projecting or anterior elongation of an animal’s head; especially the nose
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
neb (plural nebs)
(now, dialectal) A bird's beak or bill.
(obsolete) A person's mouth.
(now, dialectal) A person's nose.
(now, dialectal) The peak of a flat cap.
(now, dialectal) The nose or snout of an animal, now especially of a fish.
(now, dialectal) A projecting extremity; a point or sharp projection.
(now, dialectal) A nib, as of a pen.
Anagrams
• Ben, EbN, NbE, ben
Proper noun
NEB
(astronomy) Initialism of North Equatorial Band.
(UK, historical) Initialism of National Enterprise Board.
Anagrams
• Ben, EbN, NbE, ben
Source: Wiktionary
Neb, n. Etym: [AS. nebb head, face; akin to D. neb, Icel. nef, beak of a bird, nose, Dan. næb beak, bill, Sw. näbb, näf, and prob. also to D. sneb, snavel, bill, beak, G. schnabel, Dan. & Sw. snabel, and E. snap. Cf. Nib, Snap, Snaffle.]
Definition: The nose; the snout; the mouth; the beak of a bird; a nib, as of a pen. [Also written nib.] Shak.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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