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.
OFFTAKE
Etymology
Verb
offtake (third-person singular simple present offtakes, present participle offtaking, simple past offtook, past participle offtaken)
(obsolete) To take off; take away.
Noun
offtake (countable and uncountable, plural offtakes)
A point or channel of drainage or off-flow; offlet.
(mining) The removal of oil (or an industrial chemical) from a storage facility.
An act of taking off; specifically, the taking away or purchase of goods.
Something taken off; a deduction.
Anagrams
• take off, take-off, takeoff
Source: Wiktionary
Off"take`, n. [Off + take.]
1. Act of taking off; specif., the taking off or purchase of goods.
2. Something taken off; a deduction.
3. A channel for taking away air or water; also, the point of beginning of such a channel; a take-off.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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