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.
PRIES
Verb
pries
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of pry
Anagrams
• Peris, Piers, Speir, Spier, peris, piers, prise, resip, ripes, spier, spire
Source: Wiktionary
PRY
Pry, n. Etym: [Corrupted fr. prize a lever. See Prize, n.]
Definition: A lever; also, leverage. [Local, U. S. & Eng.] Pry pole, the pole which forms the prop of a hoisting gin, and stands facing the windlass.
Pry, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Pried; p. pr. & vb. n. Prying.]
Definition: To raise or move, or attempt to raise or move, with a pry or lever; to prize. [Local, U. S. & Eng.]
Pry, v. i. Etym: [OE. prien. Cf. Peer to peep.]
Definition: To peep narrowly; to gaze; to inspect closely; to attempt to discover something by a scrutinizing curiosity; -- often implying reproach. " To pry upon the stars." Chaucer. Watch thou and wake when others be asleep, To pry into the secrets of the state. Shak.
Pry, n.
Definition: Curious inspection; impertinent peeping.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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