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.
OOLITE
Etymology
Noun
oolite (countable and uncountable, plural oolites)
(geology) A rock consisting of spherical grains within a mineral cortex accreted around a nucleus, often of quartz grains.
(countable, rare) An ooid or oolith.
Synonyms
• ooid
• oolith
• egg-stone
Anagrams
• lootie, toolie
Source: Wiktionary
O"ö*lite, n. Etym: [Gr. -lite: cf.F. oölithe. So named from its resemblance to the roe of fish.] (Geol.)
Definition: A variety of limestone, consisting of small round grains, resembling the roe of a fish. It sometimes constitutes extensive beds, as in the European Jurassic. See the Chart of Geology.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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