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.
OUTGUSHING
Verb
outgushing
present participle of outgush
Noun
outgushing (plural outgushings)
That which gushes outward.
Here, too, may be inscribed thoughts, feelings, desires, warm outgushings from the heart's secret places, which you would not pour upon the sand without the certainty that almost ere the sky has looked upon them the sea will wash them out.
Source: Wiktionary
OUTGUSH
Out"gush`, n.
Definition: A pouring out; an outburst. A passionate outgush of emotion. Thackeray.
Out*gush", v. i.
Definition: To gush out; to flow forth.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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