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.
prolling
present participle of proll
Source: Wiktionary
Proll, v. t. Etym: [See Prowl.] [imp. & p. p. Prolled (; p. pr. & vb. n. Prolling.]
Definition: To search or prowl after; to rob; to plunder. [Obs.] Barrow.
Proll, v. i.
Definition: To prowl about; to rob. [Obs.] South. Though ye prolle aye, ye shall it never find. Chaucer.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
1 June 2024
(noun) a night flight from which the passengers emerge with eyes red from lack of sleep; “he took the redeye in order to get home the next morning”
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.