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.
PRILLED
Etymology
Adjective
prilled (not comparable)
(mining, manufacturing and agriculture) formed into pellets
Verb
prilled
simple past tense and past participle of prill
Anagrams
• red pill
Source: Wiktionary
PRILL
Prill, n. Etym: [Cf. Brill.] (Zoöl.)
Definition: The brill.
Prill, v. i.
Definition: To flow. [Obs.] Stow.
Prill, n.
Definition: A stream. [Obs.] Davies (Microcosmos).
Prill, n. Etym: [Etymol. uncertain.]
1. (Mining) (a) A nugget of virgin metal. (b) Ore selected for excellence.
2. The button of metal from an assay.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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