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.
RAIK
Etymology 1
Noun
raik (plural raiks) (Northern England, Scotland)
(also, figurative) A walk, or a journey taken (especially on foot); the act of taking a walk or journey.
Synonym: Thesaurus:journey
The movement of animals while grazing.
The pastureland over which animals graze; a range, a stray.
(Scotland) A journey to transport something between two places; a run; also, the quantity of items so transported.
Verb
raik (third-person singular simple present raiks, present participle raiking, simple past and past participle raiked)
(intransitive, Midlands, Northern England, Scotland) To walk; to roam, to wander.
Synonym: Thesaurus:walk
(intransitive, Midlands, Northern England, Scotland) Of animals (especially sheep): to graze.
(transitive, chiefly, Scotland) To roam or wander through (somewhere).
Etymology 2
Noun
raik (plural raiks)
(Scotland) Alternative spelling of rake (“rate of progress; pace, speed”)
Anagrams
• Arik, Irak, Kari, Kira, Rika, ikra, krai, raki, rika
Source: Wiktionary
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