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.
PLUMBS
Noun
plumbs
plural of plumb
Verb
plumbs
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of plumb
Proper noun
Plumbs
plural of Plumb
Source: Wiktionary
PLUMB
Plumb, n. Etym: [F. plomb, L. plumbum lead, a leaden ball or bullet; cf. Gr. Plummet, Plunge.]
Definition: A little mass or weight of lead, or the like, attached to a line, and used by builders, etc., to indicate a vertical direction; a plummet; a plumb bob. See Plumb line, below. Plumb bob. See Bob, 4.
– Plumb joint, in sheet-metal work, a lap joint, fastened by solder.
– Plumb level. See under Level.
– Plumb line. (a) The cord by which a plumb bob is suspended; a plummet. (b) A line directed to the center of gravity of the earth.
– Plumb rule, a narrow board with a plumb line, used by builders and carpenters.
Plumb, a.
Definition: Perpendicular; vertical; conforming the direction of a line attached to a plumb; as, the wall is plumb.
Plumb, adv.
Definition: In a plumb direction; perpendicularly. "Plumb down he falls." Milton.
Plumb, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Plumbed; p. pr. & vb. n. Plumbing.]
1. To adjust by a plumb line; to cause to be perpendicular; as, to plumb a building or a wall.
2. To sound with a plumb or plummet, as the depth of water; hence, to examine by test; to ascertain the depth, quality, dimension, etc.; to sound; to fathom; to test. He did not attempt to plumb his intellect. Ld. Lytton.
3. To seal with lead; as, to plumb a drainpipe.
4. To supply, as a building, with a system of plumbing.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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