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.
POULT
Etymology
Noun
poult (plural poults)
A young bird, a chick; now especially, a young game bird (turkey, partridge, grouse etc.). [from 14th c.]
Anagrams
• Pluto, pluot, pluto, pluto-
Source: Wiktionary
Poult, n. Etym: [OF. pulte, F. poulet, dim. of poule fowl. See Pullet.]
Definition: A young chicken, partridge, grouse, or the like. King. Chapman. Starling the heath poults or black game. R. Jefferise.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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