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.
NORTHWESTS
Noun
northwests
plural of northwest
Source: Wiktionary
NORTHWEST
North`west", n. Etym: [AS. noredhwest.]
Definition: The point in the horizon between the north and west, and equally distant from each; the northwest part or region.
North`west", a.
1. Pertaining to, or in the direction of, the point between the north and west; being in the northwest; toward the northwest, or coming from the northwest; as, the northwest coast.
2. Coming from the northwest; as, a northwest wind. Northwest passage, a passage or communication by sea between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans along the north coast of America, long sought for by navigators.
North`west", adv.
Definition: Toward the northwest.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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