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.
PINEY
Etymology
Noun
Piney (plural Pineys)
(slang, derogatory) A native or inhabitant of the New Jersey Pine Barrens.
Anagrams
• Nyepi
Adjective
piney (comparative more piney, superlative most piney)
Alternative spelling of piny
Anagrams
• Nyepi
Source: Wiktionary
Pin"ey, a.
Definition: See Piny.
Pin"ey, a. Etym: [Of East Indian origin.]
Definition: A term used in designating an East Indian tree (the Vateria Indica or piney tree, of the order Dipterocarpeæ, which grows in Malabar, etc.) or its products. Piney dammar, Piney resin, Piney varnish, a pellucid, fragrant, acrid, bitter resin, which exudes from the piney tree (Vateria Indica) when wounded. It is used as a varnish, in making candles, and as a substitute for incense and for amber. Called also liquid copal, and white dammar.
– Piney tallow, a solid fatty substance, resembling tallow, obtained from the roasted seeds of the Vateria Indica; called also dupada oil.
– Piney thistle (Bot.), a plant (Atractylis gummifera), from the bark of which, when wounded, a gummy substance exudes.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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