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.
SCREAKING
Verb
screaking
present participle of screak
Anagrams
• creakings
Source: Wiktionary
SCREAK
Screak, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Screaked; p. pr. & vb. n. Screaking.] Etym: [Cf. Icel. skrækja to screech. Cf. Creak, v., Screech.]
Definition: To utter suddenly a sharp, shrill sound; to screech; to creak, as a door or wheel.
Screak, n.
Definition: A creaking; a screech; a shriek. Bp. Bull.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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