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.
SCUG
Etymology
Noun
scug (plural scugs)
(Northern England, Scottish) Shade, shadow.
(Northern England, Scottish) A shelter, a sheltered place (especially on the side of a hill).
(dialectal) A squirrel.
(dated, slang) A lower-school or inferior boy.
Verb
scug (third-person singular simple present scugs, present participle scugging, simple past and past participle scugged)
(Northern England, Scottish, transitive) To shelter; to protect.
(Northern England, Scottish, intransitive) To hide; to take shelter.
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Source: Wiktionary
Scug, v. i. Etym: [Cf. Dan. skugge to darken, a shade, SW. skugga to shade, a shade, Icel. skuggja to shade, skuggi a shade.]
Definition: To hide. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.
Scug, n.
Definition: A place of shelter; the declivity of a hill. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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