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.
SCAD
scad
(noun) any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
scad (plural scads)
Any of several fish, of the family Carangidae, from the western Atlantic.
(in the plural) A large number or quantity.
Anagrams
• ACDs, ADCs, ADS-C, ADSC, DACs, SACD, SADC, cads
Source: Wiktionary
Scad, n. Etym: [Gael. & ir. sgadan a herring.] (Zoöl.) (a) A small carangoid fish (Trachurus saurus) abundant on the European coast, and less common on the American. The name is applied also to several allied species. (b) The goggler; -- called also big-eyed scad. See Goggler. (c) The friar skate. [Scot.] (d) The cigar fish, or round robin.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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