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.
NOTT
Etymology
Adjective
nott (comparative more nott, superlative most nott)
(obsolete) Bald.
(now UK dialect, Newfoundland) Of an animal: having no horns; polled.
Verb
nott (third-person singular simple present notts, present participle notting, simple past and past participle notted)
(obsolete) To shear.
Source: Wiktionary
Nott, a. Etym: [AS. hnot shorn.]
Definition: Shorn. [Obs.]
Nott, v. t.
Definition: To shear. [Obs.] Stow.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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