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.
PORTAGES
Noun
portages
plural of portage
Verb
portages
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of portage
Anagrams
• potagers
Source: Wiktionary
PORTAGE
Port"age (; 48), n. Etym: [From 2d Port.] (Naut.) (a) A sailor's wages when in port. (b) The amount of a sailor's wages for a voyage.
Port"age, n. Etym: [3d Port.]
Definition: A porthole. [Obs.] Shak.
Por"tage, n. Etym: [F., from porter to carry. See Port to carry.]
1. The act of carrying or transporting.
2. The price of carriage; porterage. Bp. Fell.
3. Capacity for carrying; tonnage. [Obs.] Hakluyt.
4. A carry between navigable waters. See 3d Carry.
Por"tage, v. t. & i.
Definition: To carry (goods, boats, etc.) overland between navigable waters.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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