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.
PRUSIK
Etymology
Noun
prusik (plural prusiks)
(climbing, chiefly attributive) A type of friction hitch.
Verb
prusik (third-person singular simple present prusiks, present participle prusiking, simple past and past participle prusiked)
(climbing) To climb a rope using a prusik.
Anagrams
• spruik
Source: Wiktionary
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