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.
SEAWARE
Etymology
Noun
seaware (uncountable)
(archaic) Flotsam; articles cast up by the sea.
A kind of kelp; sea girdles.
Source: Wiktionary
Sea"ware`, n. Etym: [Cf. AS. sæwar seaweed.] (Bot.)
Definition: Seaweed; esp., coarse seaweed. See Ware, and Sea girdles.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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