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.
SCROW
Etymology
Noun
scrow (plural scrows)
(obsolete) A scroll.
(obsolete) A clipping from skins; a currier's cuttings.
Anagrams
• CROWS, Worcs, crows
Source: Wiktionary
Scrow ( or ), n. Etym: [See Escrow, Scroll.]
1. A scroll. [Obs.] Palsgrave.
2. A clipping from skins; a currier's cuttings.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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