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.
PLAISTER
Noun
plaister (plural plaisters)
(obsolete, outside, dialects) Alternative form of plaster
Verb
plaister (third-person singular simple present plaisters, present participle plaistering, simple past and past participle plaistered)
(obsolete, outside, dialects) Alternative form of plaster
Anagrams
• pilaster, pilastre, plaiters, replaits
Source: Wiktionary
Plais"ter, n. [Obs.]
Definition: See Plaster.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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